When any sports team suffers as many injuries as the Pittsburgh Pirates have this season, odds are, these injuries will eventually catch up to them. It appears that is happening to the Pirates.
Despite all of the injuries, at the start of play on May 21st the Pirates found themselves owning a 24-20 record. This was not just respectable, but pretty remarkable considering everything that had gone wrong through the first 48 games of the season.
In the team’s last 20 games, the injuries have started to take their toll and the wheels are in danger of coming off the cart as a result.