Series Preview: Pirates vs Cardinals

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Pirates have lost eight straight games. Over that span, they’ve been outscored 47-14. It’s almost funny. Almost.

On the season, the Pirates are 14-34. Their winning percentage of .292 is still higher than some players on this team’s OPS. Okay, that’s not true. But you thought it might be (Jason Martin has a .222 OPS in nine plate appearances so that doesn’t count).

Luckily, the Pirates are currently in line to receive the number one pick in next year’s draft. That is unless Commission Rob Manfred pulls out some wacky new draft lottery rule that would ultimately rescind that pick away from the Pirates. At this point, how this league is run, nothing…