The Pittsburgh Pirates ended July 40-62 and find themselves in the bottom part of the National League standings. Manager Derek Shelton’s team finished with a 9-17 record in July.
Playing on national TV Saturday night hosting the Philadelphia Phillies on FOX, the broadcast identified two eye-popping statistics that label the Bucs in historically bad company.
The 2022 Pirates only achieved 12 wins by starting pitchers through the first 100 games of the season, the fewest in all of baseball since 1906. 116 years ago.
Part of the explanation can be Shelton’s early-season hesitancy to allow starters to pitch more than five innings, or even get to five innings, and the Pirates’ lack of offense.