Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any stranger the Pirates welcomed the Reds to PNC Park for a home and away seven inning double header due to the series in Cincinnati back on August 15th being postponed after only having completed two games of the four game set. This is the second of fourContinue reading “Pirates and Reds Split Doubleheader”
Category Archives: Opinion & Analysis
The 2020 Pirates Have One Message – Get Better
After the hire of Travis Williams, he first uttered something we would hear repeatedly, get better. Do a better job, hire better people, instruct the players better, everything comes back to those two words, get better.
Papa Power! Bryan Reynolds Leads Pirates Past Cubs 6-2 in Series Finale
If you want to learn about a kid, seeing how he handles the adversity of a bad outing by throwing him right back out there is as old as moves you’d see Connie Mack make.
The Future of Ke’Bryan Hayes
We are only one game into the Major League Career of Ke’Bryan Hayes and the Pirates fanbase is already captivated by the potential of this young man; crowning him the third basemen of the future and the cornerstone of the build that first year General Manager Ben Cherington has spoken so much about since takingContinue reading “The Future of Ke’Bryan Hayes”
Pirates Fall 8-2 to Cubbies in Error-filled Contest
There probably isn’t a more important storyline to tonight’s ball game beyond Joe Musgrove returning to the mound.
The Pirates Face a Roster Crisis, and It’s Not Just Bad Players Like Many Assume
The Pirates have been boxed into a corner and while this regime didn’t create it, they’ll be tasked with working around it. See, the Pirates have an impossible amount of arbitration ready players next season, and 2022 is even more frightening.
After An Extended Rain Delay The Pirates Lose To The Cubs In Extra Innings
Tonight the Pirates were set to begin a normal three game series with division rival, the Chicago Cubs; this was until the announcement was made late in the day yesterday that Pittsburgh’s #2 Prospect according to MLB Pipeline, Ke’Bryan Hayes would be joining the club once they returned to PNC Park. This caused pandemonium toContinue reading “After An Extended Rain Delay The Pirates Lose To The Cubs In Extra Innings”
Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers
With a couple of tough late inning loses to the Brewers and a extremely quiet trade deadline, much like we had predicted all along, there isn’t much for Pirates Fans to be excited about following a series loss to the Brewers; who they had swept in fairly convincing fashion just one week ago. However, inContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers”
Pirates Trade Deadline Post Op
I have no doubt that things didn’t turn out quite how most of you wanted to see the deadline play out yesterday. I have little doubt Ben Cherington agrees with you.
Errors Come Back To Haunt Pirates As They Lose 6-5
With trade rumors swirling around several of the Pirates players over the last couple of weeks, and especially in the days and even hours leading up to the 4 PM deadline today, many were unsure as to what Pittsburgh’s lineup would look like as the entered Miller Park for tonight’s contest, a four game seriesContinue reading “Errors Come Back To Haunt Pirates As They Lose 6-5”
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