8-11-2025 – By Drew Cagle – @_dcagle on X The Pittsburgh Pirates continue a slate of NL Central opponents, traveling to Milwaukee this week for a matchup with the MLB-best Brewers at American Family Field. After taking the first two games from the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh dropped Saturday and Sunday’s home contests. This trip to CreamContinue reading “Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (51-68) at Milwaukee Brewers (73-44)”
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Starter Spotlight: Business of Misiorowski
6-25-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates are in the business of misery but still have the chance at a series victory if they can prevail against rock-star rookie, Jacob Misiorowski who enters play today with a pristine 2-0 record, a 1.64 ERA and 0.55 WHIP. After surging through the minor leagues overContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Business of Misiorowski”
Starter Spotlight: Five Nights At Freddy Peralta’s
6-24-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After claiming victory yesterday, the Pirates will shift their focus to a very familiar face in today’s game as they will take on Freddy Peralta in his 24th game against the Bucs – the most of any opponent for the veteran righty. Peralta has been a picture ofContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Five Nights At Freddy Peralta’s”
Starter Spotlight: No, This is Patrick!
6-23-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After getting a rare offensive breakout in their game yesterday, the Bucs will look to keep the magic alive on the road as they travel to face the Brewers and rookie starter, Chad Patrick. The 26-year old righty has a 3-7 record with a 3.50 ERA and 1.28Continue reading “Starter Spotlight: No, This is Patrick!”
Starter Spotlight: Logan’s Run
5-25-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading into the final game of the homestead with a shot at taking 3 of 4 from the rival Brewers, the Pirates have been riding high on some late-game heroics. While they need to find a way to break-through against starting pitchers, runs may be tough to findContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Logan’s Run”
Starter Spotlight: Welcome Back, Priester
5-24-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Game 3 of the weekend series with the Brewers and the Pirates will see the return of former Bucco, Quinn Priester – who was dealt at last year’s deadline to the Boston Red Sox before being flipped to the Brewers last month. Drafted in the 1st round ofContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Welcome Back, Priester”
Starter Spotlight: Peralta La Vista
5-23-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After finally breaking the 5 run mark, the Pirates will look to continue pushing the offense forward today but they’ll face a much tougher challenge today with Freddy Peralta on the bump, entering the day with a 2.59 ERA through his first 10 starts on the season. TheContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Peralta La Vista”
Starter Spotlight: See You Soon, Civale
5-22-25 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Mike Burrows will make his 2025 debut with the Pirates after a strong past few outings down at Indianapolis, certainly earning a spot in this rotation. Opposing him will see Aaron Civale, who returns to the mound today after spending much of the first two months of theContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: See You Soon, Civale”
2025 NL Central Futures, Predictions & Superlatives
3-25-25 – By Corey Shrader – @CoreyShrader on X; Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X As the season gets ready to ramp up, we peer once more into our crystal ball to make some predictions for the division. We had some hits and some misses when we tried this last year but we are 100% confident that we will DEFINITELY getContinue reading “2025 NL Central Futures, Predictions & Superlatives”
Starter Spotlight: Ambush Aaron
9-26-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Final home game of the season today with the Bucs sparring once more with Aaron Civale. The Pirates have faced Civale twice this season – once while he was still with the Rays on June 23rd and once only a few weeks later on July 11th, following aContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Ambush Aaron”
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