Baseball season is long. 162 games long. Having played 81 of those games, the Pirates are 33-48. Their .407 winning percentage projects them to win 66 games. That would both improve on last year and give Teddy the title of most accurate Forster predictor.
This young team has been maybe more exciting than I had hoped and wildly unpredictable. A nice goal would be for the team to go three weeks without the second baseman pitching the ninth inning. Too much Diego Castillo and Josh Vanmeter on the mound in blowouts so far. While a leap to match Charlie's optimism seems highly unlikely, his more pessimistic family members all remain solidly in the running.
