Author Archives: Gary Morgan

The Pirates are 7-2, and Honestly, They Haven’t Fired on All Cylinders Yet

This isn’t a perfect team.
No team is, but typically when a team goes on a good stretch they’ve probably played some damn good baseball. All the stars are aligned and playing well together.

Series Preview: Orioles (4-2) at Pirates (6-1)

The Pirates are 6-1, there’s no taking that away from them, but there’s no escaping the Marlins and Nationals aren’t in a good place currently too. Baltimore is a much better test for this young team and while it’s too early for all that measuring stick stuff, there’s no denying the O’s will be a much tougher test.

Almost Everyone is Right About Mitch Keller … at Least a Little

Here’s the truth about Mitch though, he’s a guy who had that in him, but he hasn’t shown it consistently. He’s a starting pitcher who has handled a volume of innings and managed to keep his arm healthy enough to do so. And eventually he’ll serve as a homegrown veteran member of a young rotation.

Is This Start Real? Or is it a Mirage? Let’s See What Yinz Had to Say

I had this idea for a piece about that headline there. I was going to list off some reasons for each and try to make some sense of them, completely ignoring that we’re far too early in the season to pretend any of my findings concrete.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – It’s Hard to Picture a Better Start

There’s a lot to like when your team doesn’t lose, and so far, ours hasn’t. I’m not going to spend today telling you how wrong you are for getting excited, but I’m going to try to provide some context for what we’re watching.

A Great Day To Be a Pirates Fan – Skenes & Jones Make Season Debuts

I sat down to watch the Indianapolis Indians as they faced the Louisville Bats at 2:00 PM. I often watch the affiliates play when the Pirates aren’t on, or I’ll listen to a game while I write, so nothing too odd about that part.

A Better Pirates Team Won’t Improve the Discourse About Them on it’s Own

Oh yes, you’ve been hurt, and to some of you this team could win the World Series and it would only lead to your undying correctness. Truth is, eventually, you will be right. At some point they will come down the other side of the mountain they’re climbing whether they reach the top or not.

Steel City Pirates Q&A – Opening Day Eve!

The Pirates roster was settled early in relation to every other Spring in the Cherington/Shelton Era, but that hasn’t eliminated all the questions. Tonight, I’m going to tackle quite a few of yours.

Steel City Pirates – 2024 Season Preview

Every year since we launched this site we’ve published our season preview, usually build with Craig Toth and I bantering back and forth, and I considered doing that again this year with one or more of the other writers here on staff. Ultimately though, we’ve all got our own shows to put content into, we’ve all got our own ideas on angles to cover and it just made more sense to leave this entire piece in my voice alone.