The Bucs start a West Coast trip tonight. Arizona has lost four straight but those were all away. The club is 9-6 at home. Eduardo Rodriguez is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA at home this season. Pittsburgh's Bubba Chandler is a touted prospect but has had some major bouts of wildness in his rookie campaign and the team has lost four of the past five he has taken the mound. As you would expect for a young guy, his away splits (0-1, 5.93 ERA) are quite a bit worse.

Every team in the NL Central has a winning record, and the leader of the division is the Cubs, who just swept the Diamondbacks over the weekend. The Diamondbacks have now lost four straight games and have fallen one game below .500. We're at that junction already speculating if Arizona is a .500 team this year, while I have high hopes for the Pirates to make the postseason. Bubba Chandler starts for the Pirates on Tuesday, and he's been shelled in his last two games, allowing nine runs total with three home runs allowed. He'll be more effective on Tuesday. Arizona has won Eduardo Rodriguez's last four starts, but he allowed 10 runs in his last three. Pirates continue their winning.