The Pittsburgh Pirates boast one of the league’s best duos in their rotation with rookie right-handed pitchers Paul Skenes and Jared Jones.
Skenes and Jones’ performances helped land Pittsburgh atop Baseball America’s rankings based on fWAR for rookie pitchers with a 7.2. In the overall fWAR that included position players, the Pirates finished No. 4 with an 8.3, trailing the Milwaukee Brewers (12.9), San Diego Padres (10.4), Washington Nationals (10.4) and Chicago Cubs (10.4). In pitchers’ fWAR, the Nationals (6.3) and Athletics (6.7) were the only teams within one.
The Pirates ‘ rookie position players had a 1.1 fWAR…