Who Will be the Pittsburgh Pirates Key Players in 2020?

After reviewing the stats, peripherals, and previous performances of these key players, these are my projections for some of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ players.

Many sites, especially this time of year, project players throughout the Majors. Some are often times accurate, while others could do a better job.

Today, I wanted to go through some of the key players will be for the Pittsburgh Pirates this upcoming season and try to project their 2020 seasons. For this, we will only taking position players who will likely receive at least 500 plate appearances, starters who will throw 120 innings, and relief pitchers who will throw 50 innings at the minimum.

Obviously, there can be players that emerge out of nowhere. Every season, that happens around baseball for all 30 clubs. Just look at Bryan Reynolds and Kevin Newman in 2019 as examples for the Pirates.

However, projecting breakout players and key players are two different things. So for today, we will stick to the key players for 2020 and stay away from breakout players.