Pirates Surprisingly Remain One Of Baseball’s Top Offenses This Season originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have made a massive jump offensively this season after having the lowest scoring offense last season.
Despite sitting at the bottom of the NL Central division with a 27-26 record, the Pirates are only a couple of games out of the playoffs, and their offense has played a major role in their success this season. Pittsburgh’s offense ranks fourth in runs scored (252), as well as fourth in batting average (.251) and fifth in on-base percentage (.332) this season.
The Pirates’ high level of offensive production was a surprise early on this season, according to MLB.com’s Thomas Harrigan, but the team has continued to excel.
“The Pirates had MLB’s lowest-scoring offense in 2025,” Harrigan wrote on Saturday. “The Nationals were a bit better, but still not very good. So it was quite a surprise when they both finished April among MLB’s highest-scoring clubs — Washington at No. 2 and Pittsburgh at No. 10 in runs scored per game. Both teams have kept it up in May. In fact, the Nationals lead the Majors and the Pirates are tied for second in that department this month.
“Pittsburgh’s surge has been propelled, in part, by a pair of offseason additions in Brandon Lowe (13 HR, .907 OPS) and Ryan O’Hearn (7 HR, .827 OPS), with Oneil Cruz (10 HR, 16 SB) also putting up big numbers. Highly touted rookie Konnor Griffin has started to come around, too, hitting .344 with three homers, 12 RBIs and a .911 OPS over his past 25 games after getting off to a slow start.”
The offseason addition of Brandon Lowe and Ryan O’Hearn has definitely injected more power into Pittsburgh’s offense, but the emergence of Konnor Griffin and consistency of players like Nick Gonzales has propelled its offense to new heights.
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