​Despite Impressive Stats, Brandon Lowe, Bryan Reynolds Among Pirates To Not Receive MLB All-Star Honors originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Add SportsNet Pittsburgh as a Preferred Source by clicking here.As if his 435-foot, first-inning blast at Chase Field on May 6 wasn’t impressive enough, clinching a 1-0 victory over host Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Brandon Lowe did one better the next day, connecting on a 436-footer, fueling a 4-2 victory.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDid anyone notice?Lowe, who leads MLB second basemen with 21 homers at the All-Star break, continues helping power the Pirates to a franchise resurgence, matching the Washington Nationals with a league-leading 516 runs through 97 games.And, like Lowe, the rebuilding organization remains under the radar.Braxton Ashcraft and Paul Skenes are two of the lone representatives for the Pirates during Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Philadelphia.Despite several strong candidates.But Lowe didn’t make it.Neither did left fielder Bryan Reynolds, who posted 99 hits, 14 homers and 59 RBI. His 3.6 WAR leads the team. He was considered one of the biggest All-Star snubs.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThere was no third baseman Nick Gonzales, who batted .308 with a team-best 104 hits.Nor right fielder Ryan O’Hearn, who compiled 16 homers and 63 RBI. His .487 slugging percentage matches “Bam Bam” Lowe, but their efforts didn’t seem to send up enough national flares during All-Star fan voting.There are reasons the Pirates have been slow to reap the marketing rewards of a high-powered offense. Last season at the All-Star break, they ranked last in runs scored. They became the second team in MLB history to go from last to first in first-half scoring, matching the 1986 and ’87 St. Louis Cardinals.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOver their previous ten games, the Pirates won seven against some of the NL’s top teams.The Pirates (50-47), who next travel to face the Cleveland Guardians on Friday, are playing an exciting brand of baseball, posting an MLB-best .263 team batting average, the second-best on-base percentage (.342) and third-best slugging percentage (.426).At this point in 2025, the Pirates batted a combined .234, which ranked No. 27, amassed the eighth-worst OBP (.305) and slugged a league-low .350.The Pirates’ improvement has proven rapid and appears sustainable.Has anybody noticed?Latest Pirates news2026 Pirates schedule2026 Pirates rosterComplete history of Pirates championships