18.0 IP / 13 apps

TAXED PEN

Published Friday, September 18, 2026

Pittsburgh Pirates's bullpen has covered 18.0 innings across 13 relief appearances in the last 3 days, including heavy usage on back-to-back nights. A pen carrying that workload is short on leverage arms, and the innings fall to whoever is left — which tends to show up late rather than early.

THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR

Kansas City Royals ML

THE NUMBERS

team id

134

team name

Pittsburgh Pirates

matchup

Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

direction

taxed

relief outs

relief innings

18.0

relief appearances

days used

back to back

true

headline

18.0 IP / 13 apps

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18.0 relief innings · 13 appearances · last 3 days

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