12 of their 17 series are vs teams with winning records going in to the ASB and like 3 of the sub .500 team series are vs the Reds who are due for a bit of a bounce. most of this is because the pirates (-47 differential) are 21-19 right now Eh, the schedule isn’t that soft. Plus they’re division games. We got swept in a 4 game series in Cincy last year and baseball happens. They have plenty of toughish series going in to the ASB. Side note. Have you checked our last week of June until last week of July schedule??? We go Reds, Rats, White Sox, ASB, Rats, Reds, Padres, Giants. With 3 off days + the ASB. It all evens out. We’re the better team.