Today we will be coving the starting rotation of the All-Decade team. The success (and failure) of the Pirates over the past 10 seasons can mostly be attributed to pitching. For a time, the Ray Searage magic was brewing as many reclamation projects had success in Pittsburgh. Shoutout to the sinker/slider combo and unjuiced baseballs, am I right?
Overall though, the Pirates had a below-average starting rotation as their 96.2 fWAR ranked 21st this decade. Even without the 2010 season, the year in which they won 57 games, the Pirates starting rotation moves up to just 18th in fWAR.