The Pirates’ logic for continuing to employ general manager Ben Cherington in Year 6 of a regime where the club has won just 42% of its games since 2020 and could lose 95 or more this year ... yeah, not new territory.

Still impossible to understand.

But how they’re navigating these final two months of the regular season also makes little sense.

Neither Bubba Chandler nor Nick Yorke is here, yet Alexander Canario and Ronny Simon are getting opportunities?

This time of year should be about making moves that set the Pirates up for success in 2026. But their logic has been tough to follow, the latest couple of head scratchers coming over the weekend in Chicago.

Take Simon, for example.

He’s a 25-year-old infielder they claimed off waivers in early June. In 22 MLB games, Simon has been wo

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