Series Preview Chat: July 17-19 @ Pittsburgh Pirates

###Pittsburgh Pirates

Record: 44-48 (4th NL Central, 7.0 GB)

Pythag. Record: 44-48 (387 Runs, 412 Runs Allowed)

Last 10: 7-3

Home: 23-23

---

#Results vs. Pittsburgh Pirates this year

L 0 - 4 May 5, 2017 (Jimmy Nelson vs. Chad Kuhl)

L 1 - 2 May 6, 2017 (Matt Garza vs. Gerrit Cole)

W 6 - 2 May 7, 2017 (Zach Davies vs. Tyler Glasnow)

L 1 - 8 Jun 19, 2017 (Matt Garza vs. Gerrit Cole)

L 3 - 7 Jun 20, 2017 (Zach Davies vs. Chad Kuhl)

W 4 - 3 Jun 21, 2017 (Junior Guerra vs. Trevor Williams)

W 4 - 2 Jun 22, 2017 (Chase Anderson vs. Ivan Nova)

#Probable Pitching Matchups

| MIL | W | L | ERA | FIP | WHIP | | OPP | W | L | ERA | FIP | WHIP ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- 1 | Brent Suter | 1 | 1 | 2.96 | 2.78 | 1.21 | vs | Chad Kuhl | 3 | 6 | 4.96 | 4.23 | 1.48 2 | TBA | - | - | -.-- | -.-- | -.--- | vs | Ivan Nova | 9 | 6 | 3.21 | 4.12| 1.09 3 | Zach Davies | 11 | 4 | 5.00 | 5.05 | 1.50 | vs | Gerrit Cole | 7 | 7 | 4.35 | 4.44 | 1.27 4 | Jimmy Nelson | 8 | 4 | 3.27 | 3.18 | 1.22 | vs | Jameson Taillon | 5 | 3 | 3.06 | 3.32 | 1.36

#Injury Report

Name	Injury	Status
PIT
Jung Ho Kang	Suspension	Day-to-Day
Austin Wade Meadows	Hamstring	7-Day DL
Starling Marte	Suspension	Suspension
MIL
Eric Sogard	Ankle	10-Day DL
Junior Guerra	Leg	10-Day DL
Chase Anderson	Oblique	10-Day DL
Wily Peralta	"Calf"	10-Day DL
Brandon Kyle Woodruff	Hamstring	10-Day DL
Michael Reed	Ankle	7-Day DL
Ryan Thomas Cordell	Back	7-Day DL

#fWAR by Position

Team	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	DH	SP	RP	Bat	Pit	WAR
Brewers	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.3	4.7	1.7	4.9	6.4	11.3
Pirates	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.2	6.0	1.5	7.4	7.4	14.9

#Batting Leaders by fWAR

Name	PA	HR	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	WAR
Andrew McCutchen	376	17	12.0%	16.5%	.294	.380	.520	.380	137	2.6
Josh Harrison	377	10	5.8%	16.2%	.273	.352	.424	.337	108	2.1
Jordy Mercer	344	8	10.8%	15.4%	.267	.346	.420	.324	100	1.6
Francisco Cervelli	227	4	11.0%	18.5%	.250	.348	.383	.323	99	0.8
David Freese	271	6	14.8%	19.6%	.245	.376	.364	.328	103	0.7
Josh Bell	352	17	10.8%	19.0%	.240	.324	.474	.337	108	0.7
Gregory Polanco	297	8	7.4%	13.1%	.261	.318	.408	.309	90	0.6
Tyler Glasnow	21	0	19.0%	28.6%	.313	.450	.313	.358	122	0.4
Adam Frazier	278	3	8.6%	12.2%	.267	.345	.364	.313	93	0.3
Elias Diaz	85	1	5.9%	17.6%	.266	.306	.380	.295	81	0.3

#Bullpen Overview

Name	G	IP	K%	BB%	HR/9	LOB%	GB%	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
Felipe Rivero	45	48.1	30.6%	6.6%	0.37	81.9%	56.8%	0.74	2.29	2.90	1.5
Juan Nicasio	45	41.2	25.0%	8.7%	0.22	76.1%	44.0%	2.59	2.54	3.73	1.1
Wade LeBlanc	35	49.2	18.2%	4.9%	0.91	70.6%	49.3%	3.99	3.56	3.73	0.4
Josh Lindblom	4	10.1	19.6%	5.9%	0.00	57.1%	39.5%	7.84	2.08	4.67	0.2
A.J. Schugel	2	5.0	15.8%	0.0%	0.00	75.0%	50.0%	1.80	1.94	3.73	0.1
Edgar Santana	9	7.2	31.6%	13.2%	1.17	68.5%	45.0%	5.87	4.05	3.99	0.0
Jhan Marinez	20	27.2	17.2%	9.8%	0.65	82.1%	50.6%	3.25	4.19	4.61	0.0