Category Archives: Opinion & Analysis

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”

After Three Day Break, Pirates Come Out Swinging, Beat Reds 9-6

Before the Pittsburgh Pirates’ three day layoff, they were struggling to put together consistent good at-bats. In an interview with Josh Bell, he said that he felt this series would be the one where the Pirates starting hitting. Well, if there was any way Bell would be right, it would be the fact that theContinue reading “After Three Day Break, Pirates Come Out Swinging, Beat Reds 9-6”

Series Preview: Pirates at Reds

After a brief three-day break for the Cardinals ‘Rona situation the Pirates hit the road to visit the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark, where hopefully the Pirates bats roar back to life. They sure better, because the Pirates pitching situation is on life support.

Pittsburgh Pirates: Quarter Season Rewind

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ season has been very rocky thus far, and there’s a lot to talk about. After the Pirates’ got swept this weekend at the hands of the Detroit Tigers, they have not yet won a series and they are 3-13 overall. Normally, 16 games into the season looks like nothing at all, butContinue reading “Pittsburgh Pirates: Quarter Season Rewind”

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?”

Let’s Have a Realistic Pirates Trade Deadline Talk

I know, I know, trade ‘em all, they stink. Maybe in the off season you’ll get your wish, personally I believe what the club will actually do will leave many feeling they didn’t go far enough and many believing they gave away everything.

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”