Scouting Report

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs

Season performance, recent form, team trends, and player leaders.

Matchup

Team A

Team B

Season Comparison

Season-to-date results, offense, and pitching metrics.

Team A

Pittsburgh Pirates

PIT

Season Results

Record: 82-80
Win %: 0.506
Runs Scored: 767
Runs Allowed: 739
Run Differential: +28

Season Offense

BA: .253
OPS: .733
Home Runs: 183
Runs: 759
Avg Exit Velocity: 82.7 mph

Season Pitching

Strikeouts: 1560
ERA: 3.97
WHIP: 1.24
Avg Pitch Speed: 91.5 mph
Avg Spin Rate: 2331 rpm

Team B

Chicago Cubs

CHC

Season Results

Record: 89-73
Win %: 0.549
Runs Scored: 850
Runs Allowed: 703
Run Differential: +147

Season Offense

BA: .251
OPS: .768
Home Runs: 220
Runs: 846
Avg Exit Velocity: 82.4 mph

Season Pitching

Strikeouts: 1561
ERA: 4.21
WHIP: 1.29
Avg Pitch Speed: 88.5 mph
Avg Spin Rate: 2230 rpm

Expected Starting Pitchers

Next 3 expected starters for each selected team.

Team A

Pittsburgh Pirates

PIT

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Team B

Chicago Cubs

CHC

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Rolling 14 Comparison

Recent results and per-game run production.

PITMetricCHC

8-6
W-L: 7-7; 0.571
Win %: 0.500; 4.00
RS/G: 4.14; 3.86
RA/G: 3.50; +0.14
Diff/G: +0.64

Offensive Comparison - Last 7 Days

Rolling team offense across the latest seven calendar days.

PITMetricCHC

.224
BA: .248; .655
OPS: .684; 5
HR: 3; 17
Runs: 13; 82.9 mph
Avg Exit Velocity: 81.2 mph

Pitching Comparison - Last 7 Days

Rolling team pitching across the latest seven calendar days.

PITMetricCHC

53
Strikeouts: 34; 91.3 mph
Avg Pitch Speed: 87.9 mph; 2310 rpm
Avg Spin Rate: 2203 rpm; 3.92
ERA: 2.30; 1.26
WHIP: 1.16

Top Offensive Players

OPS leaders with a minimum of 2.5 plate appearances per team game.

Pittsburgh Pirates

PIT

1Oneil Cruz
OPS
0.860
HR
20
Avg EV
84.90 mph
2Brandon Lowe
OPS
0.814
HR
33
Avg EV
83.93 mph
3Bryan Reynolds
OPS
0.791
HR
17
Avg EV
84.81 mph

Chicago Cubs

CHC

1Pete Crow-Armstrong
OPS
0.944
HR
45
Avg EV
83.97 mph
2Seiya Suzuki
OPS
0.841
HR
26
Avg EV
82.69 mph
3Alex Bregman
OPS
0.820
HR
28
Avg EV
83.20 mph

Top Pitching Players

Lowest ERA among pitchers with at least three batters faced per team game.

Pittsburgh Pirates

PIT

1Ashcraft, Braxton
ERA
3.65
WHIP
1.09
K
173
Avg Velo
92.54 mph
Avg Spin
2479 rpm
2Skenes, Paul
ERA
3.82
WHIP
1.12
K
199
Avg Velo
92.47 mph
Avg Spin
2110 rpm
3Mlodzinski, Carmen
ERA
3.95
WHIP
1.37
K
97
Avg Velo
89.76 mph
Avg Spin
2124 rpm

Chicago Cubs

CHC

1Imanaga, Shota
ERA
3.77
WHIP
1.10
K
174
Avg Velo
86.30 mph
Avg Spin
2020 rpm
2Boyd, Matthew
ERA
3.91
WHIP
1.21
K
89
Avg Velo
84.92 mph
Avg Spin
2201 rpm
3Civale, Aaron
ERA
4.20
WHIP
1.44
K
91
Avg Velo
85.87 mph
Avg Spin
2629 rpm

Offensive Players - Last 7 Days

Hot and cold OPS rankings with at least 10 plate appearances.

Hot Offensive Players - Last 7 Days

PIT

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Brandon Lowe
OPS
1.020
AVG
.267
HR
2
PA
17
Avg EV
86.3 mph
2Konnor Griffin
OPS
.833
AVG
.300
HR
1
PA
21
Avg EV
85.5 mph
3Nick Gonzales
OPS
.795
AVG
.357
HR
0
PA
16
Avg EV
84.2 mph

Cold Offensive Players - Last 7 Days

PIT

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Player 682927
OPS
.237
AVG
.083
HR
0
PA
13
Avg EV
77.0 mph
2Spencer Horwitz
OPS
.367
AVG
.083
HR
0
PA
15
Avg EV
82.4 mph
3Jake Mangum
OPS
.375
AVG
.188
HR
0
PA
17
Avg EV
77.0 mph

Hot Offensive Players - Last 7 Days

CHC

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Seiya Suzuki
OPS
1.042
AVG
.357
HR
1
PA
17
Avg EV
77.4 mph
2Miguel Amaya
OPS
.864
AVG
.300
HR
0
PA
11
Avg EV
78.3 mph
3Matt Shaw
OPS
.844
AVG
.333
HR
0
PA
10
Avg EV
81.4 mph

Cold Offensive Players - Last 7 Days

CHC

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Dansby Swanson
OPS
.277
AVG
.077
HR
0
PA
15
Avg EV
80.8 mph
2Nico Hoerner
OPS
.513
AVG
.235
HR
0
PA
18
Avg EV
79.0 mph
3Pete Crow-Armstrong
OPS
.533
AVG
.200
HR
0
PA
18
Avg EV
85.5 mph

Pitching Players - Last 7 Days

Lowest and highest ERA results with at least 10 batters faced.

Hot Pitching Players - Last 7 Days

PIT

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Jones, Jared
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.25
K
5
H
1
BB
0
HR
0
2Bachar, Lake
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.60
K
6
H
1
BB
1
HR
0
3Ramírez, Yohan
ERA
0.00
WHIP
1.00
K
3
H
1
BB
1
HR
0

Cold Pitching Players - Last 7 Days

PIT

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Chandler, Bubba
ERA
20.25
WHIP
3.00
K
2
H
4
BB
4
HR
0
2Montgomery, Mason
ERA
10.12
WHIP
1.13
K
6
H
3
BB
0
HR
1
3Khristian Curtis
ERA
4.91
WHIP
1.64
K
3
H
5
BB
1
HR
0

Hot Pitching Players - Last 7 Days

CHC

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Peterson, David
ERA
0.00
WHIP
1.00
K
6
H
3
BB
2
HR
0
2Boyd, Matthew
ERA
1.29
WHIP
1.00
K
3
H
5
BB
2
HR
0
3Braxton Garrett
ERA
1.80
WHIP
1.40
K
2
H
4
BB
3
HR
0

Cold Pitching Players - Last 7 Days

CHC

Sep 23 - Sep 29

1Holmes, Clay
ERA
4.15
WHIP
1.85
K
3
H
5
BB
3
HR
0
2Civale, Aaron
ERA
3.86
WHIP
1.71
K
0
H
3
BB
1
HR
0
3Gausman, Kevin
ERA
3.18
WHIP
1.24
K
7
H
6
BB
1
HR
1

Injury Report

Active injured-list context from official MLB roster status.

PIT Injuries

Pittsburgh Pirates

2 active

Endy RodríguezInjured 60-Day
Left hip inflammation
Placed Aug 10, 2026
Mitch KellerInjured 60-Day
Right arm teres major muscle injury
Placed Aug 3, 2026

CHC Injuries

Chicago Cubs

9 active

Phil MatonInjured 60-Day
Right knee tendinitis
Placed Jul 20, 2026
Ben BrownInjured 60-Day
Neck strain
Placed Jun 21, 2026
Riley MartinInjured 60-Day
Left elbow inflammation
Placed Apr 24, 2026
Hunter HarveyInjured 60-Day
Right triceps inflammation
Placed Apr 9, 2026
Cade HortonInjured 60-Day
Right forearm strain
Placed Apr 4, 2026
Shelby MillerInjured 60-Day
Injured 60-Day
Tyler AustinInjured 60-Day
Injured 60-Day
Porter HodgeInjured 60-Day
Injured 60-Day
Justin SteeleInjured 60-Day
Injured 60-Day

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