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Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Pittsburgh Pirates

By Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff
ESPN Insider

Monday, September 21, 2009

Insider's series on MLB teams that are out of the playoff race continues with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have a really nice ballpark. Baseball Prospectus' preseason PECOTA projection: 64-98, sixth place Current record: 56-91, sixth place The Pirates racked up their 17th consecutive losing season for a very simple reason: They have very few difference-making players. To read Buster Olney's take on what went wrong for the Pirates and what's next, plus items from the rumor mill, number-crunch ...

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