In his first four starts of the year, JT Brubaker did everything that could be asked of from a starting pitcher, which is to give his team a chance to win the game; and in Friday night’s contest he did the same thing again. Sure if you just looked at the pitching line, or theContinue reading “Pirates Errors-Mental And Physical-Lead To Loss”
Monthly Archives: April 2021
A Glimpse of the Pirates Future Now
The road to building a winner is rarely linear as Craig illustrated well in his piece yesterday. Recently, we Pirates fans have been given a stark reminder of the twists and turns I’m speaking to today.
It’s A Rebuild
Over the past few weeks, the Pirates have shown life beyond some of the original expectations; especially when it comes to the near shutdown nature of the game once it reaches Pittsburgh’s bullpen. However, there is no mincing of words even as they reached beyond the .500 mark; this is a rebuild plain and simple;Continue reading “It’s A Rebuild”
Pirates (12-12) Fall to Royals Behind a Brutal Keller Outing
Today didn’t go as I planned entirely. I knew my wife was going to a work function tonight at PNC Park, but my plan was to just watch the game and write the story.
What Makes Richard Rodriguez So Good?
This headline could have been so many things. Why can’t anyone hit his fastball? Why can’t players square up anything RichRod throws? I’ve scarcely been so confused watching a player succeed.
Anderson And The Pirates Give Kansas City The Royals Treatment
Over the course of five starts Tyler Anderson has performed as advertised, and possibly a little over expectations at times; which is kind of a welcomed consistency every five starts in a somewhat inexperienced and/or unpredictable rotation, outside of the calm hand of JT Brubaker. He won’t blow you away with velocity or dazzle youContinue reading “Anderson And The Pirates Give Kansas City The Royals Treatment”
Maybe I Was Unfair to Derek Shelton
For many of the reasons the current team was expected to be historically bad, last year’s squad was expected to perform at least a little better than they eventually would.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 4/26/21
It’s very early in the season and the Pirates aren’t the only club trying to prove betting on Sports is just as much about luck as it is knowledge.
Pirates (11-11) Take Series from Twins with a 6-2 Victory
Starter gets through 4 or 5, bullpen keeps it close, hitting takes advantage of the opposition bullpen. This is the Pirates recipe for success, and today it was the recipe for fully coming back from a 1-6 start to an 11-11, .500 record.
The Pirates Bats Have To Play
It couldn’t have been made more apparent than it was in a 2-0, one hit loss at the hands of Minnesota Twins and aging lefty J.A. Happ, that pitching isn’t going to solve all of the Pirates problems; and neither is solid defense for that matter. JT Brubaker and Sam Howard took the mound forContinue reading “The Pirates Bats Have To Play”
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