Following the weekend sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers and a rare scheduled off day, the Pirates took a trip to the South Side of Chicago to begin a quick two games series with the White Sox. On the mound for the 7-17 Pittsburgh Pirates was the lefty Steven Brault, who on the season had postedContinue reading “Lucas Giolito No-Hits Pirates”
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Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers
It is a lot easier to find the positives in a series sweep, but please don’t mistake this for foolish optimism. I realize that three games don’t completely make up for such an awful start to the season; just let me be happy for a couple of moments because as Gary so eloquently stated, It’sContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers”
The Pirates Sweep The Brewers, But Lose Two To Injury
After already having secured their first series victory of the season, the Pirates came into PNC Parker FF on Sunday looking to sweep NL Central Division rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers. For Pittsburgh it would be rookie right hander JT Brubaker taking the mound, searching for his first big league win. His counterpart for the BrewContinue reading “The Pirates Sweep The Brewers, But Lose Two To Injury”
The Pirates Bats Wake Up In 7-2 Victory Over The Brewers
The Pirates came into tonight’s contest looking to end a four game skid and realistically get anything they could going in the right direction. The Brewers on the other hand had their sights set on climbing back to .500 and remaining in the playoff picture in the NL Central. For Pittsburgh right hander Chad KuhlContinue reading “The Pirates Bats Wake Up In 7-2 Victory Over The Brewers”
Yinzer Reactions: The Pirates Get Swept By The Indians
I’m back after a little bit of a hiatus thanks to Pittsburgh’s series with Cincinnati getting cut short by a positive COVID-19 from a Red’s player. Not sure it was worth recapping two polar opposite games, but in hindsight it probably would have been better than looking back on the Pirates most recent series againstContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: The Pirates Get Swept By The Indians”
Kevin Newman is Defying the Odds OR At Least Disproving the Data
For anyone that studies advanced metrics there almost always seems to be a pattern, a reason to justify why a player is struggling, data to show how improvements were made, basis for an upcoming hot or cold streak and a way to determine how well a player is performing; among many other things. Teams useContinue reading “Kevin Newman is Defying the Odds OR At Least Disproving the Data”
The Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Staff: Different Year, Same Results
We all knew that the truncated 2020 season was going to be rough on the Pirates Pitchers. After beginning their ramp up in Spring Training, they were abruptly shutdown and sent packing to work out on their own. After the unexpected layoff, they had to start stretching themselves out again during an abbreviated Summer Camp.Continue reading “The Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Staff: Different Year, Same Results”
An Uneventful 8-1 Loss For The Pirates
After an offensive explosion to start the game on Thursday the Pirates bats became silent for the remainder of the game. As Sonny Gray took the mound for the Reds we couldn’t help but wonder, which Pittsburgh ball club would show up to Great American Ball Park on Friday night. For the first three inningsContinue reading “An Uneventful 8-1 Loss For The Pirates”
The Long Trip From Altoona to Pittsburgh: How Did We Get Here?
Back at the end of June, after all of the monetary negotiations had failed and the 103 page health and safety protocols had been approved, teams were asked to make some tough decisions as to how the would choose to assemble their 60-man player pool. Major League teams, including the Pirates, were asked to submitContinue reading “The Long Trip From Altoona to Pittsburgh: How Did We Get Here?”
Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Tigers
After being the victims of a sweep by one of the worst teams in the league last year there are obviously going to be more negatives than positives. However, for the purpose of this exercise that I complete after each series there will always be five observations in each category. Clearly some of them willContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Tigers”
Steel City Pirates 