PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) \u2013 Tis the season for hope. Tis the season for unexpected gifts. The Pirates providing a little of both with a fairly aggressive offseason added 1B\/DH Ryan O’Hearn to the mix on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
How different is this team from the last time we saw them? A comparison of the numbers, plus what one more bat could mean.<\/p>\n
This is the lineup for the Pirates in the last 2025 game at Atlanta
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SS Jared Triolo
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02B Nick Gonzales
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LF Tommy Pham
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DH Andrew McCutchen
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C Joey Bart
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CF Alexander Canario
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RF Nick Yorke
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01B Rafael Flores
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03B Cam Devanney<\/p>\n
This was the Pirates most used lineup in 2025
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CF Oneil Cruz (.200\/.298\/.676, 18-2B, 20 HR, 61 RBI, 38 SB)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RF Bryan Reynolds (.245\/.318\/.720, 39-2B, 16 HR, 73 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DH Andrew McCutchen (.239\/.333\/.700, 22-2B, 13 HR, 57 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C Joey Bart (.249\/.355\/.696, 12-2B, 4 HR, 30 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01B Spencer Horwitz (.272\/.353\/.787, 26-2B, 11 HR, 51 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02B Nick Gonzales (.260\/.299\/.661, 18-2B, 5 HR, 30 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03B Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes (.236\/.279\/.569, 10-2B, 2 HR, 36 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LF Tommy Pham (.245\/.330\/.700, 17-2B, 10 HR, 52 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa (.264\/.300\/.632, 20-2B, HR, 35 RBI)<\/p>\n
This could be the lineup this year
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CF Cruz
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02B Brandon Lowe (.256\/.307\/.785, 19-2B, 31 HR, 83 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RF Reynolds
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DH Ryan O\u2019Hearn (.281\/.366\/.803, 21-2B, 17 HR, 63 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SS Gonzales
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01B Horwitz
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03B Jared Triolo (.227\/.311\/.667, 18-2B, 7 HR, 24 RBI)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C Bart
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LF Jake Mangum (.296\/.330\/.698, 18-2B, 3 HR, 40 RBI, 27 SB)<\/p>\n
What it means
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adding Lowe, O\u2019Hearn, Mangum & Triolo to the starting lineup added 32 more home runs from last year
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Including the entire roster, the Pirates hit 49 home runs from the left side in 2025, this year\u2019s projected starting lineup hit 91 home runs from the left side
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The WAR jumps from 7.1 to 11.4
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If Konnor Griffin becomes a starter at shortstop and outfielder Jhosynxon Garcia, acquired from Boston, would beat out Mangum, the Bucs would add 42 home runs (totals in minor leagues). That would allow Mangum,who can play any outfield position, and Triolo, who can play any position, to become key reserves.<\/p>\n
Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he wasn\u2019t done after acquiring Lowe and Mangum in the Michael Burrows trade. One more experienced free agent bat who would compete at third base, like Eugenio Suarez-who hit .228\/.824 OPS, 28 doubles, 49 home runs in 159 games, Miguel Andujar-.318 with 17 doubles and 10 home runs in 94 games last year, Ramon Urias-.241, 17 doubles, 11 home runs in 92 starts with Houston, Yoan Moncada-.234, 13 doubles, 12 home runs in 73 starts.<\/p>\n
The numbers show it, it\u2019s been a transformation. The Pirates have had its most positive, impactful offseason in a decade.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still room for a little more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) \u2013 Tis the season for hope. Tis the season for unexpected gifts. The Pirates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-366750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}