Welcome to Bechtold’s Core Four, where I preview four Pittsburgh Pirates topics, events, or storylines worth following this week. In this weekly feature, we’ll discover what you would keep an eye on as the week progresses in the world of the Pirates and Major League Baseball. Let’s go.
Recency Bias? Getting the Job Done
Three Pirates rank in the top five in ERA through June and July. Righty reliever Carmen Mlodzinski leads the NL with a 1.42 ERA since the calendar flipped from May, and Skenes sits third at 1.71. Reliever Kyle Nicolas (1.