Over at FanGraphs, NL teams are ranked by the offense they get from their pitchers. Pirates hurlers are bringing up the rear, 136 points of OPS worse than the average pitcher does at the plate.

The Nationals just signed Adam LaRoche... now their fanbase can look forward to his clutchiness and his defense that is better than Adam Dunn. Time to get excited in DC!

Steve Phillips makes his recommendations for how to fix the Pirates. I didn't expect much, but at least the Eric Hinske suggestion was good for a laugh.