What is the best offensive lineup the Pirates can make?

This off-season, the Pirates added multiple veterans in order to help this team get more offensive production and get Pittsburgh inside the playoffs. The Pirates have played 44 games this season and have an overall record of 19-25. Through this stretch of games, the offense has underperformed and been one of the league's worst.

As a team, the Pittsburgh offense currently ranks near the bottom in multiple categories. They are ranked 27th in batting average (.223), 26th in runs per game (3.70), 25th in strikeout percentage (24.4%), 29th in extra-base hit percentage (6.2%), and 28th in on-base plus slugging percentage (.651). They have been quite good at drawing walks which has got them ranked 5th in the entire league at 9.7%.

These numbers are not very good and it is causing the Pirates to lose games. Their starting pitching has been very good this season, but the offense has cost the team many games. Players are playing below expectations, but despite their struggles, there has only been one real change. That was promoting Nick Gonzales for a struggling Alika Williams.

There are other players in the Pirates minor leagues that have outperformed the players on the big league roster, but they have not gotten called up. Some of these players could get the Pirates back to their winning ways, which we saw at the beginning of the year.

Let's take a look at the best offensive lineup that the Pirates could make using players from both the big league roster and minor leagues. This lineup will also not include Ke'Bryan Hayes due to him being on the injured list.