2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season explained

Pittsburgh Pirates
Season:	2018
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	PNC Park
City:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1]
Record:	82–79 (.509)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Robert Nutting
General Managers:	Neal Huntington
Managers:	Clint Hurdle
Television:	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Radio:	KDKA-FM Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network (Steve Blass, Joe Block, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 137th season overall, 132nd season as a member of the National League, and the 18th season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central, with a record of 82–79 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Offseason

	Claimed RHP Shane Carle off waivers from Colorado Rockies and designated RHP Johnny Barbato for assignment.^[2]
	Detroit Tigers claimed RHP Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pirates.^[3]
	Traded RHP Gerrit Cole to Houston Astros for 3B Colin Moran, LF Jason Martin, RHP Joe Musgrove and RHP Michael Feliz.^[4]
	Designated RHP Shane Carle and SS Engelb Vielma for assignment.^[5]
	Traded OF Andrew McCutchen and cash to San Francisco Giants for RHP Kyle Crick, OF Bryan Reynolds, and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.^[6]
	Traded RHP Shane Carle to Atlanta Braves.^[7]
	Traded cash and LHP Daniel Zamora to New York Mets for LHP Josh Smoker.
	Traded cash to Boston Red Sox for OF Bryce Brentz.^[8]
	Traded RHP Daniel Hudson, 2B Tristan Gray, and cash to Tampa Bay Rays for OF Corey Dickerson.

Season standings

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP
NL East
	1	5		9	21
	4	1		20	14
	4	3		30	28
	1	6		16	39
	2	5		19	35
Total	12	20		94	137
NL Central
	9	10		64	69
	14	5		110	63
	12	7		90	73
Pittsburgh Pirates
	8	11		76	84
Total	43	33		340	289
NL West
	1	6		24	47
	3	3		26	17
	1	5		26	53
	3	4		30	33
	4	3		44	34
Total	12	21		150	184
American League
	4	0		26	13
	2	1		16	8
	5	1		41	32
	3	0		11	8
	1	3		14	22
Total	15	5		108	83
Season Total	82	79		692	693

Month	Games	Won	Lost
March	1	1	0	13	10
April	28	16	12	129	112
May	27	12	15	123	132
June	26	10	16	97	116
July	26	17	9	127	114
August	27	10	17	94	105
September	26	16	10	109	104
Total	161	82	79	692	693

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
Home	80	44	36		326	318
Away	81	38	43		366	375
Total	161	82	79		692	693

Game log

|-style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|—||March 29||@ Tigers || colspan="7" |PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Mar. 30|-style="background:#cfc"|1||March 30||@ Tigers || 13–10 (13) || Brault (1–0) || Wilson (0–1) ||—|| 42,516 || 1–0 || W1|-style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|—||March 31||@ Tigers || colspan="7" |PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 1|-|-style=background:#cfc|2||April 1||@ Tigers || 1–0 || Williams (1–0) || Fulmer (0–1) || Vázquez (1) || 14,858 || 2–0 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|3||April 1||@ Tigers || 8–6 || Kuhl (1–0) || Farmer (0–1) || Vázquez (2) || 18,438 || 3–0 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|4||April 2|| Twins || 5–4 || Taillon (1–0) || Lynn (0–1) || Kontos (1) || 30,186 || 4–0 || W4|-style=background:#fbb|5||April 4|| Twins || 3–7 || Odorizzi (1–0) || Nova (0–1) ||—|| 20,690 || 4–1 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|6||April 5|| Reds || 5–2 || Brault (2–0) || Bailey (0–2) || Vázquez (3) || 9,227 || 5–1 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|7||April 6|| Reds || 14–3 || Williams (2–0) || Castillo (0–2) ||—|| 11,115 || 6–1 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|8||April 7|| Reds || 4–7 || Peralta (1–0) || Kontos (0–1) || Iglesias (2) || 14,336 || 6–2 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|9||April 8|| Reds || 5–0 || Taillon (2–0) || Mahle (1–1) ||—|| 11,251 || 7–2 || W1|-style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|—||April 9||@ Cubs || colspan="7" |PPD, SNOW; rescheduled for Apr. 10|-style=background:#cfc|10||April 10||@ Cubs || 8–5 || Nova (1–1) || Chatwood (0–2) || Vázquez (4) || 40,144 || 8–2 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|11||April 11||@ Cubs || 5–13 || Duensing (1–0) || Glasnow (0–1) ||—|| 35,596 || 8–3 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|12||April 12||@ Cubs || 6–1 || Williams (3–0) || Hendricks (0–1) ||—|| 29,949 || 9–3 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|13||April 13||@ Marlins || 2–7 || Peters (2–1) || Kuhl (1–1) ||—|| 6,852 || 9–4 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|14||April 14||@ Marlins || 1–0 || Kontos (1–1) || Ziegler (0–3) || Vázquez (5) || 26,816 || 10–4 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|15||April 15||@ Marlins || 7–3 || Nova (1–1) || Ureña (0–3) ||—|| 10,621 || 11–4 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|16||April 16|| Rockies || 2–6 || Márquez (1–1) || Brault (2–1) ||—|| 8,958 || 11–5 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|17||April 17|| Rockies || 0–2 || Bettis (3–0) || Williams (3–1) || Davis (8) || 8,869 || 11–6 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|18||April 18|| Rockies || 10–2 || Kuhl (2–1) || Freeland (0–3) ||—|| 8,970 || 12–6 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|19||April 19||@ Phillies || 0–7 || Arrieta (2–0) || Taillon (2–1) ||—|| 19,071 || 12–7 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|20||April 20||@ Phillies || 1–2 || García (2–1) || Kontos (1–2) || Neris (3) || 20,183 || 12–8 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|21||April 21||@ Phillies || 2–6 || Nola (2–1) || Feliz (0–1) || Neris (4) || 28,161 || 12–9 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|22||April 22||@ Phillies || 2–3 (11) || Ríos (3–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) ||—|| 29,199 || 12–10 || L4|-style=background:#bbb;"|—||April 24|| Tigers || colspan="7" |PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 25|-style=background:#fbb|23||April 25|| Tigers || 10–13 || Stumpf (1–0) || Taillon (2–2) || Greene (4) || N/A || 12–11 || L5|-style=background:#cfc|24||April 25|| Tigers || 8–3 || Kuhl (3–1) || Boyd (0–2) ||—|| 9,396 || 13–11 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|25||April 26|| Tigers || 1–0 || Vázquez (1–0) || Wilson (0–3) ||—|| 12,049 || 14–11 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|26||April 27|| Cardinals || 6–5 (11) || Kontos (2–2) || Hicks (1–1) ||—|| 15,748 || 15–11 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|27||April 28|| Cardinals || 6–2 || Williams (4–1) || Flaherty (0–1) ||—|| 18,568 || 16–11 || W4|-style=background:#cfc|28||April 29|| Cardinals || 5–0 || Kingham (1–0) || Weaver (2–2) ||—|| 14,378 || 17–11 || W5|-style=background:#fbb|29||April 30||@ Nationals || 2–3 || Roark (2–2) || Taillon (2–3) || Kintzler (1) || 20,879 || 17–12 || L1|-|-style=background:#fbb|30||May 1||@ Nationals || 4–12 || Scherzer (6–1) || Kuhl (3–2) || — || 23,534 || 17–13 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|31||May 2||@ Nationals || 3–9 || Strasburg (3–3) || Nova (2–2) || — || 27,086 || 17–14 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|32||May 3||@ Nationals || 1–3 || Solis (1–1) || Williams (4–2) || Doolittle (6) || 30,434 || 17–15 || L4|-style=background:#cfc|33||May 4||@ Brewers || 6–4 || Kingham (2–0) || Guerra (2–2) || Vázquez (6) || 32,869 || 18–15 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|34||May 5||@ Brewers || 3–5 || Hader (1–0) || Kontos (2–3) ||—|| 32,720 || 18–16 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|35||May 6||@ Brewers || 9–0 || Kuhl (4–2) || Anderson (3–3) ||—|| 38,285 || 19–16 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|36||May 8||@ White Sox || 10–6 || Glasnow (1–1) || Volstad (0–2) ||—|| 12,871 || 20–16 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|37||May 9||@ White Sox || 6–5 || Rodríguez (1–1) || Jones (2–1) || Vázquez (7) || 12,476 || 21–16 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|38||May 11|| Giants || 11–2 || Brault (3–1) || Suarez (1–2) ||—|| 34,720 || 22–16 || W4|-style=background:#cfc|39||May 12|| Giants || 6–5 || Vázquez (2–0) || Watson (1–2) ||—|| 27,502 || 23–16 || W5|-style=background:#fbb|40||May 13|| Giants || 0–5 || Holland (2–4) || Nova (2–3) ||—|| 22,649 || 23–17 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|41||May 15|| White Sox || 7–0 || Williams (5–2) || López (0–3) ||—|| 11,847 || 24–17 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|42||May 16|| White Sox || 3–2 || Santana (1–0) || Soria (0–2) || Vázquez (8) || 20,286 || 25–17 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|43||May 17|| Padres || 5–4 || Santana (2–0) || Strahm (0–1) || Vázquez (9) || 11,404 || 26–17 || W3|-style=background:#fbb|44||May 18|| Padres || 2–3 || Ross (3–3) || Nova (2–4) || Hand (13) || 18,920 || 26–18 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|45||May 19|| Padres || 2–6 || Richard (3–5) || Kingham (2–1) ||—|| 20,578 || 26–19 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|46||May 20|| Padres || 5–8 || Yates (3–0) || Vázquez (2–1) || Hand (14) || 17,783 || 26–20 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|47||May 22||@ Reds || 2–7 || Harvey (1–2) || Taillon (2–4) || — || 16,144 || 26–21 || L4|-style=background:#cfc|48||May 23||@ Reds || 5–4 (12) || Brault (4–1) || Floro (1–1) || Crick (1) || 18,659 || 27–21 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|49||May 24||@ Reds || 4–5 || Castillo (4–4) || Nova (2–5) || Hughes (2) || 14,853 || 27–22 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|50||May 25|| Cardinals || 8–1 || Musgrove (1–0) || Gant (1–2) ||—|| 22,629 || 28–22 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|51||May 26|| Cardinals || 1–4 || Flaherty (2–1) || Williams (5–3) || Norris (10) || 22,133 || 28–23 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|52||May 27|| Cardinals || 4–6 || Tuivailala (1–0) || Feliz (0–2) || Norris (11) || 19,608 || 28–24 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|53||May 28|| Cubs || 0–7 || Montgomery (1–1) || Kuhl (4–3) ||—|| 19,382|| 28–25 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|54||May 29|| Cubs || 6–8 || Lester (5–2) || Santana (2–1) || Morrow (12) || 11,475 || 28–26 || L4|-style=background:#cfc|55||May 30|| Cubs || 2–1 || Musgrove (2–0) || Hendricks (4–4) || Vázquez (10) || 14,126 || 29–26 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|56||May 31||@ Cardinals || 8–10 || Mayers (2–0) || Vázquez (2–2) ||—|| 40,832 || 29–27 || L1|-|-style=background:#cfc|57||June 1||@ Cardinals || 4–0 || Taillon (3–4) || Mikolas (6–1) ||—|| 47,135 || 30–27 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|58||June 2||@ Cardinals || 2–3 || Norris (2–1) || Rodríguez (1–2) ||—|| 44,492 || 30–28 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|59||June 3||@ Cardinals || 0–5 || Wacha (7–1) || Kingham (2–2) ||—|| 44,432 || 30–29 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|60||June 5|| Dodgers || 0–5 || Stripling (4–1) || Musgrove (2–1) ||—|| 12,879 || 30–30 || L3|-style=background:#cfc|61||June 6|| Dodgers || 11–9 || Brault (5–1) || Hudson (1–2) || Vázquez (11) || 14,327 || 31–30 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|62||June 7|| Dodgers || 7–8 || Báez (3–3) || Taillon (3–5) || Jansen (15) || 19,713 || 31–31 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|63||June 8||@ Cubs || 1–3 || Montgomery (2–1) || Kuhl (4–4) || Strop (1) || 40,097 || 31–32 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|64||June 9||@ Cubs || 0–2 || Lester (7–2) || Kingham (2–3) || Cishek (2) || 41,045 || 31–33 || L3|-style=background:#cfc|65||June 10||@ Cubs || 7–1 || Nova (3–5) || Hendricks (4–6) ||—|| 40,735 || 32–33 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|66||June 11||@ Diamondbacks || 5–9 || Bradley (2–1) || Crick (0–1) ||—|| 20,927 || 32–34 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|67||June 12||@ Diamondbacks || 8–13 || Salas (4–4) || Williams (5–4) ||—|| 22,488 || 32–35 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|68||June 13||@ Diamondbacks || 5–4 || Taillon (4–5) || Greinke (5–5) || Vázquez (12) || 32,803 || 33–35 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|69||June 15|| Reds || 3–2 || Kuhl (5–4) || Harvey (1–5) || Vázquez (13) || 23,007 || 34–35 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|70||June 16|| Reds || 6–2 || Nova (4–5) || Castillo (4–8)|| — || 27,479 || 35–35 || W3|-style=background:#fbb|71||June 17|| Reds || 6–8 || DeSclafani (2–1) || Musgrove (2–2) || Iglesias (10) || 23,042 || 35–36 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|72||June 18|| Brewers || 1–0 || Williams (6–4) || Chacín (6–2) || Vázquez (14) || 10,672 || 36–36 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|73||June 19|| Brewers || 2–3 || Peralta (2–0) || Taillon (4–6) || Knebel (7) || 14,152 || 36–37 || L1|-style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|—||June 20|| Brewers || colspan="7" |PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for July 14|-style=background:#fbb|74||June 21|| Diamondbacks || 3–9 || Godley (8–5) || Kuhl (5–5) ||—|| 20,554 || 36–38 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|75||June 22|| Diamondbacks || 1–2 (13) || Chafin (1–2) || Glasnow (1–2) || McFarland (1) || 28,843 || 36–39 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|76||June 23|| Diamondbacks || 2–7 || Greinke (7–5) || Musgrove (2–3) ||—|| 21,121 || 36–40 || L4|-style=background:#fbb|77||June 24|| Diamondbacks || 0–3 || Buchholz (2–1) || Williams (6–5) || Boxberger (17) || 19,207 || 36–41 || L5|-style=background:#cfc|78||June 25||@ Mets || 6–4 || Taillon (5–6) || Lugo (2–3) || Vázquez (15) || 22,135 || 37–41 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|79||June 26||@ Mets || 3–4 (10) || Peterson (1–0) || Brault (5–2) ||—|| 24,501 || 37–42 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|80||June 27||@ Mets || 5–3 || Vázquez (3–2) || Familia (3–4) ||—|| 24,506 || 38–42 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|81||June 29||@ Padres || 6–3 || Musgrove (3–3) || Lauer (3–5) || Vázquez (16) || 27,083 || 39–42 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|82||June 30||@ Padres || 3–4 || Lucchesi (4–3) || Williams (6–6) || Hand (23) || 32,418 || 39–43 || L1|-|-style=background:#cfc|83||July 1||@ Padres || 7–5 || Crick (1–1) || Ross (5–6) || Vázquez (17) || 32,099 || 40–43 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|84||July 2||@ Dodgers || 1–17 || Wood (5–5) || Kingham (2–4) || Ferguson (1) || 45,207 || 40–44 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|85||July 3||@ Dodgers || 3–8 || Kershaw (2–4) || Nova (4–6) ||—|| 48,819 || 40–45 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|86||July 4||@ Dodgers || 4–6 || Hill (2–3) || Holmes (0–1) || Jansen (23) || 53,139 || 40–46 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|87||July 6|| Phillies || 5–17 || Ramos (3–0) || Williams (6–7) ||—|| 24,846 || 40–47 || L4|-style=background:#fbb|88||July 7|| Phillies || 2–3 || Arrieta (6–6) || Taillon (5–7) || Arano (2) || 28,150 || 40–48 || L5|-style=background:#cfc|89||July 8|| Phillies || 4–1 || Kingham (3–4) || Anderson (0–1) || Vázquez (18) || 19,542 || 41–48 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|90||July 9|| Nationals || 6–3 || Nova (5–6) || Rodríguez (0–1) || Vázquez (19) || 14,073 || 42–48 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|91||July 10|| Nationals || 1–5 || Hellickson (3–1) || Musgrove (3–4) || — || 17,103 || 42–49 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|92||July 11|| Nationals || 2–0 || Williams (7–7) || González (6–6) || Vázquez (20) || 21,083 || 43–49 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|93||July 12|| Brewers || 6–3 || Taillon (6–7) || Miley (1–1) || Vázquez (21) || 17,858 || 44–49 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|94||July 13|| Brewers || 7–3 || Kingham (4–4) || Guerra (6–6) || Crick (2) || 21,431 || 45–49 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|95||July 14|| Brewers || 2–1 || Rodríguez (2–2) || Anderson (6–7) || Vázquez (22) || 24,474 || 46–49 || W4|-style=background:#cfc|96||July 14|| Brewers || 6–2 || Holmes (1–1) || Suter (8–6) || Vázquez (23) || 24,474 || 47–49 || W5|-style=background:#cfc|97||July 15|| Brewers || 7–6 (10) || Anderson (1–0) || Jennings (3–3) ||—|| 17,583 || 48–49 || W6|-style=background:#bbcaff|colspan="10"|89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.|-style=background:#cfc|98||July 20||@ Reds || 12–1 || Taillon (7–7) || Mahle (7–8) ||—|| 20,726 || 49–49 || W7|-style=background:#cfc|99||July 21||@ Reds || 6–2 || Kingham (5–4) || DeSclafani (4–3) ||—|| 23,244 || 50–49 || W8|-style=background:#cfc|100||July 22||@ Reds || 9–2 || Nova (6–6) || Harvey (5–6) ||—|| 23,615 || 51–49 || W9|-style=background:#cfc|101||July 23||@ Indians || 7–0 (6) || Williams (8–7) || Kluber (12–6) ||—|| 24,925 || 52–49 || W10|-style=background:#cfc|102||July 24||@ Indians || 9–4 || Musgrove (4–4) || Bieber (5–2) ||—|| 26,414 || 53–49 || W11|-style=background:#fbb|103||July 25||@ Indians || 0–4 || Bauer (9–6) || Taillon (7–8) || Hand (25) || 31,682 || 53–50 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|104||July 26|| Mets || 6–12 || Matz (5–8) || Kingham (5–5) ||—|| 21,981 || 53–51 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|105||July 27|| Mets || 5–4 || Vázquez (4–2) || Peterson (2–2) ||—|| 26,356 || 54–51 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|106||July 28|| Mets || 5–0 || Williams (9–7) || deGrom (5–6) ||—|| 35,900 || 55–51 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|107||July 29|| Mets || 0–1 || Wheeler (5–6) || Musgrove (4–5) || Swarzak (3) || 23,749 || 55–52 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|108||July 31|| Cubs || 5–4 || Taillon (8–8) || Lester (12–4) || Vázquez (24) || 18,972 || 56–52 || W1|-|-style=background:#fbb|109||August 1|| Cubs || 2–9 || Hamels (6–9) || Kingham (5–6) ||—|| 18,600 || 56–53 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|110||August 3|| Cardinals || 7–6 || Crick (2–1) || Hicks (3–3) || Vázquez (25) || 26,773 || 57–53 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|111||August 4|| Cardinals || 4–8 || Hudson (2–0) || McRae (0–1) ||—|| 32,473 || 57–54 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|112||August 5|| Cardinals || 1–2 || Flaherty (5–6) || Williams (9–8) || Norris (21) || 19,376 || 57–55 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|113||August 6||@ Rockies || 0–2 || Freeland (10–7) || Musgrove (4–6) || Davis (32) || 34,471 || 57–56 || L3|-style=background:#cfc|114||August 7||@ Rockies || 10–2 || Taillon (9 - 8) || Bettis (5 - 2) ||—|| 31,649 || 58–56 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|115||August 8||@ Rockies || 4–3 || Archer (4 - 5) || Márquez (9 - 9) || Vázquez (26) || 35,702 || 59–56 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|116||August 9||@ Giants || 10–5 || Nova (7 - 6) || Suárez (4 - 8) ||—|| 40,035 || 60–56 || W3|-style=background:#fbb|117||August 10||@ Giants || 10–13 || Holland (6–8) || Holmes (1–2) ||—|| 41,762 || 60–57 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|118||August 11||@ Giants || 4–0 || Williams (10–8) || Blach (6–7) ||—|| 41,209 || 61–57 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|119||August 12||@ Giants || 3–4 || Rodríguez (6–1) || Musgrove (4–7) || Smith (8) || 41,980 || 61–58 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|120||August 14||@ Twins || 2–5 || Odorizzi (5–7) || Taillon (9–9) || Hildenberger (2) || 28,515 || 61–59 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|121||August 15||@ Twins || 4–6 || Moya (3–0) || Santana (2–2) || Hildenberger (3) || 26,191 || 61–60 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|122||August 16|| Cubs || 0–1 || Lester (13–5) || Nova (7–7) || Strop (10) || 21,783 || 61–61 || L4|-style=background:#fbb|123||August 17|| Cubs || 0–1 || Hamels (8–9) || Williams (10–9) || Chavez (2) || 24,298 || 61–62 || L5|-style=background:#cfc|124||August 18|| Cubs || 3–1 || Musgrove (5 - 7) || Chatwood (4 - 6) || Vázquez (27) || 35,100 || 62–62 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|125||August 19|| Cubs || 2–1 (11) || Rodríguez (3–2) || Kintzler (1–3) ||—|| 24,283 || 63–62 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|126||August 20|| Braves || 0–1 || Wilson (1–0) || Archer (4–6) || Winkler (2) || 16,445 || 63 - 63 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|127||August 21|| Braves || 1–6 || Gausman (8–9) || Nova (7–8) ||—|| 13,280 || 63–64 || L2|-style=background:#fbb|128||August 22|| Braves || 1–2 || Teherán (9–7) || Crick (2–2) || Venters (2) || 14,249 || 63–65 || L3|-style=background:#fbb|129||August 24||@ Brewers || 6–7 (15) || Lyles (3–4) || Holmes (1–3) ||—|| 32,694 || 63–66 || L4|-style=background:#cfc|130||August 25||@ Brewers || 9–1 || Taillon (10–9) || Chacín (13–5) ||—|| 40,622 || 64–66 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|131||August 26||@ Brewers || 4–7 || Anderson (9–7) || Archer (4–7) || Jeffress (7) || 39,607 || 64–67 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|132||August 28||@ Cardinals || 2–5 || Flaherty (8–6) || Nova (7–9) || Norris (28) || 35,258 || 64–68 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|133||August 29||@ Cardinals || 2–0 || Williams (11–9) || Mikolas (13–4) || Vázquez (28) || 33,448 || 65–68 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|134||August 30||@ Cardinals || 0–5 || Gant (6–5) || Musgrove (5–8) ||—|| 38,561 || 65–69 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|135||August 31||@ Braves || 3–2 || Taillon (11–9) || Brach (2–4) || Vázquez (29) || 36,650 || 66–69 || W1|-|-style=background:#fbb|136||September 1||@ Braves || 3–5 || Venters (3–1) || Kela (3–4) || Minter (12) || 33,705 || 66–70 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|137||September 2||@ Braves || 1–5 || Venters (4–1) || Brault (5–3) ||—|| 37,475 || 66–71 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|138||September 3|| Reds || 5–1 || Williams (12–9) || Harvey (6–8) ||—|| 13,843 || 67–71 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|139||September 4|| Reds || 7–3 || Musgrove (6–8) || Reed (0–2) ||—|| 8,855 || 68–71 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|140||September 5|| Reds || 3–2 || Taillon (12–9) || Bailey (1–14) || Vázquez (30) || 9,560 || 69–71 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|141||September 7|| Marlins || 5–3 || Rodríguez (4–2) || Guerrero (1–3) || Vázquez (31) || 19,515 || 70–71 || W4|-style=background:#cfc|142||September 8|| Marlins || 5–1 || Nova (8–9) || Chen (6–10) ||—|| 16,110 || 71–71 || W5|-style=background:#bbb|–||September 9|| Marlins || colspan="7" |CANCELLED, RAIN; will not be made up|-style=background:#fbb|143||September 10||@ Cardinals || 7–8 || Brebbia (2–3) || Santana (2–3) || Martínez (3) || 33,566 || 71–72 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|144||September 11||@ Cardinals || 5–11 || Mikolas (15–4) || Musgrove (6–9) ||—|| 37,187 || 71–73 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|145||September 12||@ Cardinals || 4–3 || Taillon (13–9) || Poncedeleon (0–2) ||Vázquez (32) || 39,606 || 72–73 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|146||September 14||@ Brewers || 4–7 || Burnes (5–0) || Archer (4–8) || Jeffress (12) || 39,482 || 72–74 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|147||September 15||@ Brewers || 3–1 || Nova (9–9) || Davies (2–6) || Vázquez (33) || 37,358 || 73–74 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|148||September 16||@ Brewers || 3–2 || Williams (13–9) || Chacín (14–8) || Vázquez (34) || 32,180 || 74–74 || W2|-style=background:#cfc|149||September 17|| Royals || 7–6 || Santana (3–3) || Lively (0–3) ||—|| 10,316 || 75–74 || W3|-style=background:#cfc|150||September 18|| Royals || 2–1 (11) || Crick (3–2) || Smith (1–5) ||—|| 11,566 || 76–74 || W4|-style=background:#cfc|151||September 19|| Royals || 2–1 || Archer (5–8) || Fillmyer (3–2) || Vázquez (35) || 13,073 || 77–74 || W5|-style=background:#fbb|152||September 21|| Brewers || 3–8 || Burnes (6–0) || Santana (3–4) || — || 19,243 || 77–75 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|153||September 22|| Brewers || 3–0 || Williams (14–9) || Davies (2–7) || Vázquez (36) || 23,070 || 78–75 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|154||September 23|| Brewers || 6–13 || Knebel (3–3) || Kingham (5–7) || — || 20,623 || 78–76 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|155||September 24||@ Cubs || 5–1 || Taillon (14–9) || Hamels (9–11) ||—|| 34,570 || 79–76 || W1|-style=background:#cfc|156||September 25||@ Cubs || 6–0 || Archer (6–8) || Montgomery (5–6) || — || 33,443 || 80–76 || W2|-style=background:#fbb|157||September 26||@ Cubs || 6–7 (10) || Kintzler (3–3) || Rodríguez (4–3) || — || 32,874 || 80–77 || L1|-style=background:#fbb|158||September 27||@ Cubs || 0–3 || Lester (18–6) || Williams (14–10) || Chavez (5) || 38,415 || 80–78 || L2|-style=background:#cfc|159||September 28||@ Reds || 8–4 || Brault (6–3) || DeSclafani (7–8) || — || 19,689 || 81–78 || W1|-style=background:#fbb|160||September 29||@ Reds || 0–3 || Lorenzen (4–2) || Taillon (14–10) || Iglesias (30) || 42,630 || 81–79 || L1|-style=background:#cfc|161||September 30||@ Reds || 6–5 (10) || Feliz (1–2) || Stephens (2–3) || Vázquez (37) || 25,091 || 82–79 || W1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position

	2B
	RF
	1B
	LF
	CF
	C
	3B
	SS
	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Starling Marte	145	559	81	155	32	5	20	72	33	35	.277	.460
Corey Dickerson	135	504	65	151	35	7	13	55	8	21	.300	.474
Josh Bell	148	501	74	131	31	4	12	62	2	77	.261	.411
Gregory Polanco	130	461	75	117	32	6	23	81	12	61	.254	.499
Colin Moran	144	415	49	115	19	1	11	58	0	39	.277	.407
Jordy Mercer	117	394	43	99	29	2	6	39	2	32	.251	.381
Josh Harrison	97	344	41	86	13	1	8	37	3	18	.250	.363
Francisco Cervelli	104	332	39	86	15	3	12	57	2	51	.259	.431
Adam Frazier	113	318	52	88	23	2	10	35	1	29	.277	.456
Elías Díaz	82	252	33	72	12	0	10	34	0	21	.286	.452
David Freese	94	241	29	68	10	1	9	42	0	18	.282	.444
Austin Meadows	49	154	16	45	8	2	5	13	4	8	.292	.468
Sean Rodriguez	66	150	21	25	5	1	5	19	1	22	.167	.313
José Osuna	51	106	14	24	9	0	3	11	0	3	.226	.396
Jordan Luplow	37	92	16	17	1	3	3	7	2	10	.185	.359
Kevin Newman	31	91	7	19	2	0	0		6	0	4	.209	.231
Max Moroff	26	59	7	11	1	0	3	9	0	7	.186	.356
Pablo Reyes	18	58	9	17	2	0	3	7	0	5	.293	.483
Adeiny Hechavarria	15	43	2	10	4	0	1	3	0	3	.233	.395
Jacob Stallings	14	37	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	3	.216	.216
Kevin Kramer	21	37	5	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	.135	.135
Ryan Lavarnway	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.833
Jung-ho Kang	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333
Christopher Bostick	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	161	285	11	26	6	0	0	8	0	5	.091	.112
Team Totals	161	5447	692	1381	290	38	157	665	70	474	.254	.407

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/2018-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Jameson Taillon	14	10	3.20	32	32	0	191.0	179	69	68	46	179
Trevor Williams	14	10	3.11	31	31	0	170.2	146	64	59	55	126
Iván Nova	9	9	4.19	29	29	0	161.0	171	82	75	35	114
Joe Musgrove	6	9	4.06	19	19	0	115.1	113	56	52	23	100
Steven Brault	6	3	4.61	45	5	0	91.2	84	51	47	57	82
Chad Kuhl	5	5	4.55	16	16	0	85.0	89	47	43	33	81
Nick Kingham	5	7	5.21	18	15	0	76.0	79	50	44	26	69
Felipe Vázquez	4	2	2.70	70	0	37	70.0	63	24	21	24	89
Richard Rodríguez	4	3	2.47	63	0	0	69.1	55	19	19	19	88
Edgar Santana	3	4	3.26	69	0	0	66.1	61	25	24	12	54
Kyle Crick	3	2	2.39	64	0	2	60.1	45	18	16	23	65
Tyler Glasnow	1	2	4.34	34	0	0	56.0	47	28	27	34	72
Chris Archer	3	3	4.30	10	10	0	52.1	53	27	25	18	60
Michael Feliz	1	2	5.66	47	0	0	47.2	49	33	30	23	55
Dovydas Neverauskas	0	0	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	30	25	24	10	27
Clay Holmes	1	3	6.84	11	4	0	26.1	30	21	20	23	21
George Kontos	2	3	5.03	21	0	1	19.2	23	12	11	5	9
Keone Kela	0	1	2.93	16	0	0	15.1	10	5	5	5	22
Tanner Anderson	1	0	6.35	6	0	0	11.1	15	10	8	8	6
Alex McRae	0	1	5.68	2	0	0	6.1	8	4	4	5	5
Josh Smoker	0	0	11.12	7	0	0	5.2	11	7	7	5	2
Casey Sadler	0	0	8.31	2	0	0	4.1	9	7	4	3	3
Enny Romero	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	4.0	7	5	2	3	5
Nick Burdi	0	0	20.25	2	0	0	1.1	3	4	3	2	2
Team Totals	82	79	4.00	161	161	40	1434.0	1380	693	637	497	1336

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/2018-pitching.shtml

Disabled lists

7-day disabled list

width=25%	Player	width=35% class=unsortable	Injury	width=20% class=unsortable	Placed	width=20% class=unsortable	Activated
	Concussion	June 22, 2018	July 1, 2018
	Concussion	July 14, 2018	July 26, 2018

10-day disabled list

width=25%	Player	width=35% class=unsortable	Injury	width=20% class=unsortable	Placed	width=20% class=unsortable	Activated
	Right Shoulder Injury	March 26, 2018	June 27, 2018
	Right Shoulder Strain	April 2, 2018	May 25, 2018
	Fracture of 5th Metacarpal Bone in Left Hand	April 16, 2018	May 20, 2018
	Left Shoulder Impingement	April 26, 2018	July 2, 2018
	Right Oblique Strain	May 16, 2018	May 26, 2018
	Right Ring Finger Sprain	May 25, 2018	June 10, 2018
	Right Shoulder Inflammation	June 8, 2018	June 18, 2018
	Right Shoulder Inflammation	June 24, 2018	July 7, 2018
	Right Quadriceps Strain	June 25, 2018	July 20, 2018
	Right Forearm Strain	June 27, 2018	July 31, 2018
	Concussion	July 1, 2018	July 8, 2018
	Right Index Finger Infection	July 3, 2018	July 10, 2018
	Left Oblique Strain	July 28, 2018	August 8, 2018
	Strained Left Hamstring	July 28, 2018	August 4, 2018
	Left Abdomen Strain	August 6, 2018	August 24, 2018
	Left Calf Strain	August 15, 2018	August 29, 2018
	Dislocated Left Shoulder and Bone Bruise on Left Knee	September 15, 2018	October 2, 2018

60-day disabled list

width=25%	Player	width=35% class=unsortable	Injury	width=20% class=unsortable	Placed	width=20% class=unsortable	Activated
		February 20, 2018	September 1, 2018
	Right Shoulder Injury	June 27, 2018	August 25, 2018
	Left Elbow Sprain	June 28, 2018	October 4, 2018
	Right Forearm Strain	July 31, 2018	November 2, 2018

Notable achievements

Awards

National League Player of the Week

Jameson Taillon (April 2-April 8)

National League Rookie of the Month

Austin Meadows (May)

2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Felipe Vázquez, P

Transactions

The Pirates were involved in the following transactions during the 2018 season:

Trades

November 20, 2017^[9]	To Toronto Blue Jays:----Gift Ngoepe	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Player To Be Named Later or Cash
December 14, 2017^[10]	To Philadelphia Phillies:----Future Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Nick Burdi
January 13, 2018^[11]	To Houston Astros:----Gerrit Cole	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Colin Moran Jason Martin Joe Musgrove Michael Feliz
January 15, 2018^[12]	To San Francisco Giants:----Andrew McCutchen	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Kyle Crick Bryan Reynolds Future Considerations
January 17, 2018^[13]	To Atlanta Braves:----Shane Carle	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Player To Be Named Later or Cash
January 31, 2018^[14]	To New York Mets:----Daniel Zamora Cash Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Josh Smoker
February 20, 2018^[15]	To Boston Red Sox:----Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Bryce Brentz
February 22, 2018^[16]	To Tampa Bay Rays:----Daniel Hudson Tristan Gray Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Corey Dickerson
April 27, 2018^[17]	To Chicago White Sox:----Todd Cunningham	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Player To Be Named Later
July 31, 2018^[18]	To Texas Rangers:----Taylor Hearn Sherten Apostel	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Keone Kela
July 31, 2018^[19]	To Tampa Bay Rays:----Austin Meadows Tyler Glasnow Shane Baz	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Chris Archer
August 6, 2018^[20]	To Tampa Bay Rays:----Matt Seelinger	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Adeiny Hechavarria
August 31, 2018^[21]	To Los Angeles Dodgers:----David Freese	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Jesus Manuel Valdez
August 31, 2018^[22]	To New York Yankees:----Adeiny Hechavarria	To Pittsburgh Pirates:----Player To Be Named Later or Cash

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Date	Contract terms
Todd Cunningham^[23]		December 7, 2017	Minor league contract
		December 7, 2017	Minor league contract
Bo Schultz^[24]		January 5, 2018	Minor league contract
Tyler Jones^[25]		January 5, 2018	Minor league contract
John Stilson^[26]		January 10, 2018	Minor league contract
Linse Carvajal^[27]	None	January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
Ryan Lavarnway^[28]		January 22, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 24, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
	None	January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
Estalin Ortiz^[29]	None	February 3, 2018	Minor league contract
Daniel Nava^[30]		February 6, 2018	Minor league contract
Chris Stewart^[31]		February 14, 2018	1 year
Michael Saunders^[32]		February 21, 2018	Minor league contract
Kevin Siegrist^[33]		February 24, 2018	Minor league contract

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Nik Turley^[34]			November 6, 2017
Sam Moll^[35]			November 27, 2017
Sam Moll^[36]			November 30, 2017
Engelb Vielma^[37]			December 11, 2017
Jordan Milbrath^[38]			December 14, 2017
Shane Carle^[39]			January 4, 2018
Johnny Barbato^[40]			January 11, 2018
Engelb Vielma^[41]			January 18, 2018
Bryce Brentz^[42]			March 26, 2018
Jack Leathersich^[43]			March 27, 2018
Jordan Milbrath^[44]			March 27, 2018
Jesús Liranzo^[45]			April 5, 2018
Enny Romero^[46]			April 14, 2018

Other

Farm system

List of minor leagues staff:^[49]

External links

Notes and References

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
Web site: Pirates claim former 2013 Draft pick Carle. Berry. Adam. MLB.com.
Web site: RHP Barbato claimed off waivers from Pirates. Beck. Jason. MLB.com.
Web site: Pirates RHP Gerrit Cole traded to Astros in 5-player deal. Crasnick. Jerry. espn.com.
Web site: Pirates trade Andrew McCutchen to Giants for Kyle Crick, Bryan Reynolds. Sickels. John. minorleagueball.com.
News: McCutchen, face of Pirates, shipped to Giants. ESPN.com. 2018-03-19.
Web site: Transactions. Pittsburgh Pirates. en-US. 2018-03-19.
Web site: Transactions. Pittsburgh Pirates. en-US. 2018-03-19.
Web site: Pirates trade Gift Ngoepe to Toronto, add Austin Meadows and two others to 40-man roster.
Web site: Pirates Acquire Rule 5 Pick Nick Burdi From Phillies For International Pool Space. MLB Trade Rumors.
Web site: Astros land Pirates RHP Cole in 5-player deal.
Web site: McCutchen, face of Pirates, shipped to Giants.
Web site: Braves acquire righty Shane Carle from Pirates. MLB.com.
Web site: Mets flip Josh Smoker in trade with Pirates. January 31, 2018.
Web site: Red Sox trade Bryce Brentz to Pirates. February 20, 2018.
Web site: Pirates get All-Star Dickerson in deal with Rays.
Web site: White Sox's Todd Cunningham: Sent to White Sox.
Web site: Rangers send closer Keone Kela to Pirates.
Web site: Pirates show they're all-in with trade for Rays pitcher Chris Archer.
Web site: Rays trade SS Adeiny Hechavarria to Pirates for RHP Matt Seelinger.
Web site: Dodgers pick up David Freese from Pirates.
Web site: Yankees trade for Adeiny Hechavarria at very last minute.
Web site: Minor MLB Transactions: 12/8/17. MLB Trade Rumors.
Web site: Pirates' Bo Schultz: Signs minor-league deal with Pirates.
Web site: Pirates sign two RHPs to minors deals.
Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Re-Sign Catcher Jackson Williams, Add RHP John Stilson on Minor League Deal - Pirates Prospects. www.piratesprospects.com.
Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Continue to Spend International Bonus Pool Money; Add Colombian Shortstop - Pirates Prospects. www.piratesprospects.com.
Web site: Pirates announce non-roster invitees, including Ryan Lavarnway.
Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Sign Hard-Throwing Lefty from the Dominican - Pirates Prospects. www.piratesprospects.com.
Web site: Pirates To Sign Daniel Nava. MLB Trade Rumors.
Web site: Braves add veteran catcher Chris Stewart on non-guaranteed major-league deal. February 14, 2018.
Web site: Pirates sign outfielder Michael Saunders to minor-league deal.
Web site: Lefty reliever Kevin Siegrist signs a minor league contract with the Pirates.
Web site: Pirates notebook: Left-hander Nik Turley claimed off waivers from Twins. Rob. Biertempfel. TribLIVE.com.
Web site: Pirates pick up left-hander Sam Moll from Athletics.
Web site: Three days after the Pirates claimed Sam Moll off waivers, the Mariners did the same.
Web site: Pirates Claim Engelb Vielma. MLB Trade Rumors.
Web site: Pirates get pitchers Nick Burdi, Jordan Milbrath in Rule 5 draft. Rob. Biertempfel. TribLIVE.com.
Web site: Pirates claim right-hander Shane Carle from Rockies. Tribune-Review. TribLIVE.com.
Web site: Detroit Tigers claim Johnny Barbato off waivers from Pittsburgh Pirates.
Web site: San Francisco Giants Claim Engelb Vielma Off Waivers from Pirates - Pirates Prospects. www.piratesprospects.com.
Web site: Mets claim outfielder Bryce Brentz off waivers from Pirates.
Web site: Cleveland claims Jack Leathersich.
Web site: Indians' Jordan Milbrath: Returns to Cleveland.
Web site: Pirates Claim Jesus Liranzo. MLB Trade Rumors.
Web site: Pirates claim reliever Enny Romero off waivers from Nationals.
Web site: Pirates sign closer Rivero to four-year contract.
Web site: Pirates pitchers excited about Justin Meccage. MLB.com.
Web site: Adam. Berry. Pirates announce 2018 Minor League staffs .