CHICAGO (TNS)— Plenty of innings remain to be covered for the rest of the 2025 MLB season. Don Kelly and his staff are currently figuring out the best way to meet that challenge.

To say the Pirates pitching staff has been through a rough stretch as of late would be putting it mildly. The unit entered Friday boasting MLB's second-worst ERA (7.37) and fWAR (minus-0.2) in the month of August. kAmQ(6 92G6 E@ >2<6 D@>6 492?86D[Q z6==J D2:5 uC:52J 27E6C?@@? 2E (C:8=6J u:6=5] Q(6 92G6 D@>6 E9:?8D E@ 7:?5 @FE] (6VC6 8@:?8 E@ AFE D@>6 8FJD :? A@D:E:@?D E@ 36 DF446DD7F= 96C6]Qk^Am kAm%96 DECF88=6D 368:? H:E9 E96 DE2CE:?8 C@E2E:@?[ H9:49 92D =@8865 ;FDE dd a^b :??:?8D E9:D >@?E9[ E96 E9:C5\=@H6DE E@E2= :? |{q] ~AA@D:?8 E62>D 2C6 32EE:?8 ]b_a :? pF8FDE 282:?DE !:C2E6D DE2CE6CD[ H9@ 3@2DE 2 d]gh (w

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