Woo-Hoo! Pittsburgh Pirates clinch first mediocre season since 2018

Pirates Baseball ^ | 24 September 2026 | Don Kelly

[Vigilanteman]

Our low-budget Pittsburgh Pirates have locked themselves in to their first 50% win season since 2018 . . . with three games to go. Even though they are out of the playoffs, they could actually finish the season better than two American League teams still contenting for a playoff spot. Isn't this progress?

[JSM_Liberty]

and there is a chance that the winners of the AL West will make the playoffs without a winning record

[FLNittany]

Both the Pirates and the Steelers have bad ownership. And I’m a friend of one of the (not involved) Rooneys.

[OKITRUMP77]

Well, the Pirates had their glory when they walked off against my Yanks in 1960 series which I attended.

[Tymesup]

I’d like to see a rule change. Make under .500 teams ineligible for the playoffs. Take a team from the other league to fill up the brackets.

[KarlInOhio]

There are many teams in MLB that I call quadruple-A teams. They are better than the AAA minor league teams, but they aren't really contending with the top major league teams. And like the minor league teams, they bring up new players for a few years until they go free agent or are traded to a team who can afford them.

The Reds are one of those teams now. In the last 30 years they've been in the post season five times and lost soundly in the first round in all but one season, which the squeaked in a loss. It's a rebuilding century.

[Billthedrill]

Why does it always have to be the best teams? I think we should have a series of the WORST teams in each division.

I'm a Mariners fan, by the way...

[sopo]

High budget Mets got a much better deal, ytd 13 games under, 20.5 games out of first

[sopo]

And MLB wants to expand, you’ll have AAA MLB teams then for sure.

[KarlInOhio]

I would like to see a promotion and relegation system like British soccer. Colorado, you’re happy with a hundred losses again? Well, now you’re AAA team.

[desertsolitaire]

Are they going to be able to keep free agent Brandon Lowe, after missing the playoffs?

[God luvs America]

and they’ll probably lose their best pitcher, one of the league’s best, in the off season....

[Rummyfan]

It is progress. Baby steps baby steps...

[FLNittany]

...and Livvy as well.

[FLNittany]

Skenes bought a house on Jupiter Island last year. You paying attention Marlins (like you’d pay for anyone)?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I was lucky to grow up in the Pittsburgh suburbs in the late 1970s. A secretary who worked with my mother dated Dave Parker for a time and I met him in her office parking lot once. The irony is that I ended up more of a Penguins fan than a Pirates or Steelers fan because those were the only tickets that I could ever get.

[Bullish]

Ooooh! That’s gonna’ leave a mark.

[Rummyfan]

Well, the Pirates had their glory when they walked off against my Yanks in 1960 series which I attended.

They also won World Series in 1971 and 1979. Still, that's a while ago.

[Bullish]

I think we should have a series of the WORST teams in each division.

Yeah so they could have a series where Rockies, Mets, Reds, Blue Jays, Royals and Angels battle it out... And no one would watch.

[cowboyusa]

What happened? I had you guys going to the World Series?