Tommy Pham chasing 200 homers and 200 steals is a cool baseball story. It just shouldn’t be a Pittsburgh Pirates story anymore.
In The Athletic, the writing team laid out Pham’s mission: Pham, now 37, would like to keep playing until he gets to that 200–200 plateau. He’s sitting at 149 home runs and 131 steals over 12 seasons, and says he’ll play “however long that takes.” Admirable? Absolutely. But the math, and the Pirates’ timeline, make it a terrible fit.