First Pitch: Former Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2020 MLB Playoffs

1 Oct 2020

You can’t exactly make a full team of former Pittsburgh Pirates with this year’s MLB playoff rosters, but you can get pretty close.

Granted, that team would be entirely pitchers, catchers, and outfielders.

But with this pitching staff, you might not need anyone else.

Let’s take a look…

Player	Team	Position	Career WAR	Pirates WAR	Years w/Pirates
Starling Marte	Marlins	OF	25.4	24.1	8
Gerrit Cole	Yankees	RHP	30.3	15.4	5
Charlie Morton	Rays	RHP	20.8	7.3	7
Mark Melancon	Braves	RHP	10.7	6.7	4
Oliver Perez	Indians	LHP	12.4	4.0	3
Corey Dickerson	Marlins	OF	11.6	3.4	2
J.A. Happ	Yankees	RHP	21.3	2.0	<1
Matt Joyce	Marlins	OF	16.8	1.9	1
Joakim Soria	Athletics	RHP	15.3	0.8	<1
Josh Lindbloom	Brewers	RHP	1.3	0.2	<1
Justin Topa	Brewers	RHP	0.2	0.2	0
Robbie Grossman	Athletics	OF	4.9	0.0	0
Tyler Glasnow	Rays	RHP	4.0	0.0	2
Reese McGuire	Blue Jays	C	0.9	0.0	0
Blake Taylor	Astros	LHP	0.0	0.0	0
Stephen Tarpley	Marlins	LHP	-0.2	-0.2	0
Jarrod Dyson	White Sox	OF	13.6	-0.3	<1
Jordan Luplow	Indians	OF	2.3	-0.3	<1
Erik Kratz	Yankees	C	3.5	-0.5	<1

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1 Oct 2020