Who Deserves Blame for Pirates Collapse? (+)

After hanging around the postseason picture for much of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ chances of returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2015 are all but dead.

As recently as July 30, the Pirates were tied for second place in the National League Central and were within two games of a wild card spot.

Fast forward just over two weeks and the Pirates reside in the cellar of the division and are seven games out in the wild card race with the fourth-worst record in the National League at 56-63.

As it stands, the Pirates are on pace to match their 76-86 record from last year. That’s a grim statement considering this is the fifth year of the rebuild and the fact that there was a legitimate chance at the return of ‘Buctober’ since the now 37-year-old Andrew McCutchen was a 28-year-old All-Star.