It's been a volatile week and a half among Pirates fans- coupled with an extremely disappointing 1-5 road trip to start the second half, and falling to six games back of the Cardinals, fans have been vocal- sometimes over the top- in their displeasure of the current line up the club is trotting out there. For the most part, the team's hands are tied at the moment: they suffered two injuries to key components to the offense, in Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison, which has depleted the depth of the bench and infield position players.