If the Pittsburgh Pirates are ever going to play meaningful baseball again beyond the regular season, it’s going to start with being more competitive in their division.
If Rowdy Tellez’s words are any indication, his former team may be further off than they would like. Tellez spoke about his tenure with the Pirates and compared it to his time with the Milwaukee Brewers and noted the stark difference between the two franchises.
“You have these guys [in Milwaukee] that have been in the long run in the playoffs, and I think that’s what the biggest separation is,” Tellez said on Foul Territory . “They have guys in Milwaukee that have been down that September stretch, and I think that what Pittsburgh doesn’t have is a lot of guys that had been down that stretch, and it’s tough, especially when you’re making the playoffs, or trying to make the playoffs, every single game is exhausting.”…