We’re halfway through the 2023 season, it’s the day before Independence Day and it also happens to be time for the weekly 5 Pirates Thoughts at 5 here on IT double B
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Pirates Storm Past Brewers, Walk-Off 8-7 Winners: (39-42)
The Pirates don’t feel the way they did just a week ago. They’re scoring runs. They’re scoring runs when they get down early. They’re scoring runs late in games to make things uncomfortable.
Know Your Enemy – June Edition
June was yet another confounding month in the NL Central. Three months of the season in the books and the only real constant is that Milwaukee is the most consistently performing team in the division.
5 Big Takeaways at the Pirates Halfway Point
I love breaking long seasons into segments. For me, it’s super healthy to sit back half way through the campaign, look everything over away from the day to day ups and downs of baseball and hone in on the important stuff.
Sweep of Padres Gives Pirates Much Needed Momentum: (38-42)
In a game that felt lost in the early innings, Pittsburgh rallied from a 4-1 deficit with four combined runs in the sixth and seventh inning to defeat the Padres and complete a much-needed sweep.
MLB Draft Deep Dive: Utilizing Sim Scores for Player Comparisons – Joe Boyd
I’m back once again, in a cameo appearance, to present the 2023 COMPs for the top prospects at the Pirates’ disposal! For a refresh on methodology, check out my post from 2021.
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
The Pirates finally won a game, and won it with the bats at that. One game is exactly that, until they do this sort of thing for a few games, a week, it’s just an anomaly. We’ve got some great questions this week so I won’t delay jumping right in.
Pirates 16 Hits, 9 Runs Propel Win Over Padres: (36-42)
06/27/23 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_Ethan on Twitter The Pittsburgh Pirates, and their fans and readers of this exact article, have been waiting for the bats to come alive again and on Tuesday night, we finally got some offense again from the Buccos. Pittsburgh starter Rich Hill would surrender three runs in the topContinue reading “Pirates 16 Hits, 9 Runs Propel Win Over Padres: (36-42)”
Top 15 Plus 5 More Update
Inching closer to the ASB, this means we should be on the look out for more promotions. Possibly even changes to the list. Anyways, let’s get to it.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
My guess is, you don’t need me to tell you this team is in trouble as they sit here having lost 12 of 13 contests, 9 of which were in the division.
Today, we’re going to spend time talking about how they got here, what they can do to turn things around and more than anything, is it too late even if they do them?
Steel City Pirates 