Morning Rundown: Win watch with 15 games left in season

What milestones seem reasonable for the Pirates to get to with 15 games left in season?

With their win on Thursday took three of four against the Washington Nationals and have won eight of 13 during the month of September.

That win gives them 69 on the season, seven more than what they got in 2022. It also means that they have just 15 games left in the season.

The Pirates have series against the Yankees, Cubs, Reds, Phillies, and Marlins to close out the series, only two of which are at home.

With that in mind, here’s a look at how many wins they need to hit several milestones here to close out the season.

6-9: 75 wins, my preseason prediction

11-4: 80 wins

12-3: 81 wins, a .500 record

13-2: 82 wins, a winning season

The 75 wins seems to be a reasonable expectation, even if it is a losing record the rest of the way out. It would represent a 13-win improvement over last year’s 100 loss season.

If the Pirates go right around .500 the rest of the way out (seven or eight wins), that will put them at 76/77 wins which would represent a 14/15 more from 2022.

Just three more over the next 15 games would give the Pirates a minimum of a 10 win improvement.

Roster Moves

Just a couple of moves, both working off of each other, yesterday as Sean Sullivan was placed on the Development List after starting on Wednesday which allowed Altoona to activate Tyler Samaniego off the injured list.

Minor League Recap 9/14

Indianapolis Indians - 4 vs Omaha Storm Chasers - 1

Top Hitter - Canaan Smith-Njigba: 3-5, RBI, 2B, SB

Top Pitcher - Max Kranick: 3 IP, BB, K

Altoona Curve - 1 vs Akron RubberDucks - 7

Top Hitter - Eli Wilson: 1-4, RBI, 2B

Top Pitcher - Noe Toribio: 2 IP, H, 2 K