A Look into the Hodgepodge that is the Buc's Rotation

I am not quite sure that I have seen anything like it.  This season is by far the worst for the Pirates pitching rotation.  Let's look pitcher by pitcher at what the problems are:
Chad Jakubauskas (0-1) - He came up for one spot start this season pitched 2/3 of an inning, gave up two runs, and got injured.
Dana Eveland (0-1) - has also made only one start this season and, unfortunately for him, he found out that playing for the Pirates is a frustrating affair.  He pitched 5 decent innings, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks.  Of course, he picked up the loss.  He has an reputation for having an excellent groundball ratio.
James McDonald (2-3) - McDonald has done well enough by our standards to work his way into the starting rotation.  Physically, he is a prototype pitcher at 6'5" 195 lbs, with a live arm.  Unfortunately, he has been terribly inconsistent in his 5 starts.  Two of his starts were gems (6 IP, 0 ER, 8 K - 7 IP, 1 ER, 6K).  The other three starts were absolute disasters.  His pitching performance is directly reflected by his 2-3 record.  He is a notorious fly ball pitcher, but also strikes out more than one per inning.  I think McDonald will be a key for the pirates next season, as long as he can find someway for the opposing hitters to keep the ball on the ground.
Brian Burres (2-3) - First off, I don't like Burres.  I don't know why, but I always get annoyed watching him pitch.  This "crafty" lefty has shown in only 2 games this year that he is worth anything.  The Pirates have just brought him up again, but this time for only bullpen duty.  Well...he already blew it again.  In the 2-14 loss to the Cubs guess how many runs Burres was responsible for...5!  In the 3 innings of work.  I think the word "crafty" should be changed to "hittable" in my earlier statement. 
Daniel McCutcheon (2-5) - At the beginning of the season I was excited to see what this kid could do.  Well in his first four starts, he had an era of over 11, and was moved constantly between AAA and MLB.  He mad his first good start against the Phillies on July 1st (5.1 IP 1 ER W).  After two more bad starts, the Pirates moved him into the bullpen, where, in the month of August, he has flourished.  His August era: 1.00 on the dot.  This includes the best start of his career on August 25th against the Cardinals where he pitched 6 innings giving up 0 runs and striking out 5.  It looks like the Pirates will continue to utilize McCutcheon in the future as a middle-long reliever. 
Brad Lincoln (1-5) - The promising young pitcher never really showed that he was ready for the big leagues this year.  He hasn't been with the big boy club for a month.  Hopefully this kid can get it together for next season, he will be a key to the Pirates chance at a winning season. 
Charlie Morton (1-10) - I think the record pretty much shows it all.  He was down in AAA for most of the season, only to come back a few days ago and pitch like a retarded four year old with Parkinson's.  3 1/3 IP 7 ER.  That's a good way to get your 10th loss of the season.  It really doesn't even matter that he got bad run support in most of his games, he still would have lost almost every game.  His stuff is just simply not good enough for the MLB.  Sorry Charlie. 
Jeff Karstens (3-10) - Karstens has actually pitched a solid season, despite a decievingly wretched record.  Example: in 4 of his 10 quality starts this year, he has picked up a loss.  In fact, in only 2 of these starts has he picked up a win.  Karstens has the potential to win 15 games next year if he gets some better run support. 
Ross Ohlendorf (1-11) - HE HAS A FUCKIN 4.07 ERA.  WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!  I am legit pissed off and impressed at the same time that his record is 1 and fuckin 11.  Never seen this before, if I were Ohlendorf I would be lobbying to play with the damn Orioles right now.  Anyone but the Pirates.  The entire season he has had only two "blow-up" games in 21 starts.  He has pitched 2 other poor games, but other than that it has been quality start after quality start.  He doesn't seem to have the stamina of a solid starting pitcher, he has gone over 100 pitches just 5 times.  Damn it he has 11 quality starts! 11! And ONE win to show for it.  That includes 4 losses of quality starts.  He may have more wins if he could go deeper into games.  4 times this season he has started and pitched very well, but only gone 5 or less innings because of fatigue.  Ohlendorf should be a borderline All-Star, unfortunately he plays for the wrong team.
Zach Duke (6-12) - The face of the Pirates franchise has continue to be one of the most average pitchers in baseball.  What he does each season pretty much outlines what the Pirates will do.  We've known Duke has the stuff to be a decent big league pitcher for years, he is really the equivalent to a solid #3 or #4 on most teams.
Paul Maholm (7-13) - With a terrible last start, his era jumped to 5.18.  You can expect his era to be somewhere around 4.5-4.7 most of the time.  He's someone that I can see the Pirates trading in a year for some more prospects.  He is an established left handed pitcher in his prime, ripe for trading. 

So as you can see, the Starting Rotation has a combined 25-74 record, with a combined era somewhere a few clicks below Usain Bolt's 100m time.  In an optimistic note, it can't be any worse next year!