The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the death spiral of terrible baseball season and folks are making quite the scene out of Ben Cherington’s quote up there when asked if this is what he expected.
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The Pirates are Finding Answers in the Rotation, but the Bullpen and Offense Continue to Fail the Test. Cubs Win 5-0
Experimentation is part of evaluation. Pretty simple concept right? This is why you see weird lineup spots, players posting up in spots they’ve never played and I’m not even bringing young guys learning their craft into the conversation.
Pirates News & Views 9-22-20
The season is winding down but that doesn’t mean the news and topics are, if anything that stuff is just ramping up.
Erik Gonzalez is Better Than Most Thought
Before this season, Erik Gonzalez was looked at more as a DFA candidate than a starting short stop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pirates Future Shines Bright, Can’t Escape Specter of the Present and Fall 5-4 to the Cards
When you get to this point in a season slipping into hopelessness is all too easy. Things that looked promising start to look like land mines and part of you gets angry when that guy you want gone does something well.
Bring Up Gonzales and Cruz, Why Wait?
News yesterday out of the Windy City that the White Sox decided to bring up their top pick i the 2020 Draft, Garrett Crochet, and his subsequent debut where he blew away the competition with triple digit stuff really had some Pirate fans wondering why we can’t do the same.
Steven Brault is the Pirates Forgotten Man
Maybe forgotten is the wrong word, I mean most of us knew he was here and that he’d pitch every five days or so.
The Game Has Changed, and It’s Not Just the Rules
I’ve been a baseball fan for the better part of 40 years and in that time the game of baseball has evolved. I have to imagine for those of you who’ve been watching even longer the game is barely recognizable.
Moral Victories Aren’t a Thing, Reds Defeat Pirates 1-0 to Sweep Series and Waste Great Pitching Effort
The Pirates coming into tonight’s contest have played 47 games, and in that time they have managed to have a starter last six innings 4 times.
Reds Win 4-1; Pirates Do Little to Change Their Fortunes
Let’s begin with tonight’s starter Joe Musgrove. He legit has good stuff, should we assume he’d be more on track if not for injury?
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