The Pittsburgh Pirates are picking up the pieces after closely dropping a series to the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks.
With the Pirates in contention for a Wild Card berth in the National League, let’s take a look at where they are ranked in power rankings across the internet:
USA Today, Gabe Lacques: 18, up 1
Bryan Reynolds has hit 11 home runs the past two months, eight of them tiebreaking or erasing a deficit.
Bleacher Report, Joel Reuter: 18, down 1
The NL Central is baseball’s tightest division race, with all five teams still capable of posting a winning record this season.