With less than 20 games remaining in the season, the Pirates find themselves fighting the Cardinals for the NL Central title (again), while also attempting to fend off the Cubs for home field advantage in the Wild Card game should they fail to catch St. Louis.
As Tim discussed the other day, this is perhaps the exact situation in which the Pirates should give all the opportunities to their best players in this critical month. With the injury to Jung Ho Kang in yesterday’s game, however, that approach suddenly requires adjustment.
Both ZiPS and Steamer projected Kang to have a .