Pirates Hit Rock Bottom After Embarrassing Mets Series Loss

Sunday felt like rock bottom for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Alex Stumpf reacts to an embarrassing series loss to the Mets that gave the Pirates six straight series losses and left their 2026 season on life support. Alex breaks down Jared Jones' rough outing, Paul Skenes' recent struggles, the regression throughout the starting rotation, the continued inability to hit left-handed pitching and the failure to add a right-handed bat at the trade deadline. The Pirates head to Miami with almost no margin for error left. Is this season already over? OffBeat is presented by FanDuel. Subscribe to Book Rule Bucs: https://bookrulebucs.substack.com/ Download the North Shore Nine app: https://northshorenine.com/get-app Subscribe to North Shore Nine on YouTube and follow along all season for Pirates news, analysis and reaction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.