The decision of the Pirates' offseason decision returns again and shows much bigger problems

Pittsburgh-in Afterwards is 20/20, but a decision outside of the season from the Pittsburgh Pirates came to a focus on Monday evening in her 7-1 defeat against the Cincinnati Reds.

Tommy Pham occupied the left field for the pirates. Austin Hays now patrolled the left field for the Reds.

Both players signed similar offers with their respective clubs in the low season. Pham signed pirates for one year and $ 4.025 million. At Cincinnati for 5 million US dollars -Hays signed a salary of 4 million US dollars for this season and a buyout of $ 1 million for a club option for 2026.

Pham ended the game 1 for 3 with a base hit in the second inning. Defensive he could not find a sliding trap that led to the red 2-1 lead.

In the meantime, Hays ended the game 3 with a double, two RBI and a run as the cleaning grille of the Reds.

The pirates praised Pham for his leadership and defense this season. The 37-year-old came with a perfect percentage of 1,000 fields and volume for the most defensive runs that were saved by a left-wing field player with at least 250 innings.

But on the plate, Pham only lowers .183/.264/.217 without Homerun and only six RBI in 36 games to start the season.

Meanwhile, Hays increased his already impressive figures to start his term with the red. The 29-year-old beats .330 with a whopping 0.977 ops. Although Hays only played on the injured list in 23 games thanks to two times, he already has 12 additional hits, including six homes that contributed 19 RBI.

His 19 RBI in the season would be the second most common pirate behind Bryan Reynolds (22). His six homes would only be connected to Reynolds for second place behind Oneil Cruz (eight). In fact, his 19 RBI accounts for 13.4% of the total runs by the pirates this season.

This type of production would look good in the pirate constellation at the moment. After an introduction on Monday, you have achieved a average of 2.96 runs per game this season.

The effects of the decision about Pham via Hays are just a small example of the inability of the pirates to build up a sufficiently sufficient criminal offense to support a strong start.

It was pretty clear at that time, and since the beginning of the season it has become more that not enough to give a life into a dormant crime from 2024.

The pirates changed when he hit a trainer in the off -season. That didn't work and why should the installation card first indicate Derek Shelton and now Don Kelly has to fill out every game?

Apart from Andy Haines by Matt Hague and the signing of Tommy Pham, all pirates was to give their offensive meaningful changes, the acquisition of Spencer Horwitz was. Andrew McCutchen was of course brought back, but he was in a team last year.

Horwitz missed the beginning of the season after operating his thumb/wrist and joined the team in Philadelphia on her last road trip. It remains to be seen how much help he can offer.

In view of the fact of how strong the start -down trotation occurred this season – even without the services of Jared Jones and Johan Oviedo and before the debut of Top -Prospect Bubba Chandler – more activities was required.

Paul Slenes describes a starting trotation that is summarized for a 3.81 ERA. Despite an ERA of 2.44 ERA for Slenes in his first 10 starts of the season, the pirates are 3: 7 when he is recorded.

Mitch Keller now has an ERA of 3.17 in his last eight starts after he was charged with a deserved run in 6.0 Innerings during the defeat on Monday. The record of the pirates in these eight games? 1-7.

The starting trotation of the pirates was strong enough to have the team in a dispute, but the crime is that of a team that is intended for 100 losses.

Pham has to be better offensive, there is no debate. But his fights are not the only reason why the pirates have achieved the fewest races in the league.

In retrospect, this crime began behind 8-ball before the season began. That is more than every single player.