2021 NL Central Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesThe Pittsburgh Pirates are in the midst of a major rebuild. Their winning percentage in 2020 was .317, which placed them thoroughly into the proverbial cellar of MLB. The good news for the Pirates is they got the #1 pick in the 2021 draft. The bad news is that they are trading away assets, and from the look of this team, they might be cellar dwellers for the next 3-5 years.

As we know, things can change pretty quickly, and as they make trades and obtain high draft picks, the Pirates are apt to have one of the top ranked farm systems in baseball in the coming years. To oversee this rebuild, Pittsburgh hired former Red Sox General Manager Ben…