Tag Archives: Gold Glove

For Better or Worse, the Components of This Pirates Roster are Likely All Here

The spots I was most worried about entering Spring were 1B, 2B, C and SP, I think some of you would probably add Outfield in some way shape or form to that list, whether that be a center fielder or right fielder. I wasn’t as concerned about the last part, but I’ll discuss it anyway just to cover all the bases.

The Pirates Coaching Must Show Something, and Soon

Criticism of coaching in sports is often the go to of the uniformed. Stick with me, I’m not calling anyone dumb, just saying when there are actual coaching deficiencies or failures, we often don’t recognize them while they’re masked by talented players. Vice versa happens too, so when we discuss coaching it’s important to tackle it from a lot of different angles.

Pirates Players Hoping it Really is a Leap Year

Take off your fan hat for just a second here, and try to put yourself in the shoes of the few players who have been here for most of, if not all of this rebuild.

The Life & Times of McKechnie Field 1923-Present

LECOM Field is the oldest stadium still in use for Spring Training. The history is rich, and touches multiple organizations, let’s welcome Douglas Smith to SteelCityPirates.com!

Pirates Ink Mitch Keller to 5 Year, 77 Million Dollar Extension

There was desire on both sides to get a deal done, and like Bryan Reynolds and Ke’Bryan Hayes before him, Mitch Keller becomes another member of this core locked up for most of the decade.

Nutting is Cheap, and that Really Changes Nothing

Every year someone writes some exposé about not only how cheap Bob Nutting is, but how incompetent he and his organization have been and in fact are. It’s really never anything fans weren’t aware of, just combining things to show the sum is much worse than they might have assumed. Adding some more meat on already bleached and picked to death bones.

On the Eve of a New Pirates Season Beginning…

I’m not ready to make predictions yet, in fact, I don’t even think they’ve finished forming the roster, I’ll let Spring play out before I go there like every year but I have a few thoughts I wanted to get out there before we get this thing started.

Pirates Sign Yasmani Grandal for 2.5 Million

In keeping with the cherished tradition of the Ben Cherington era, the Pirates signed what at the very least is a notable name during a time when most of the country is busy doing anything but caring about what the Pirates do

I’m Not Upset Gary Sanchez Signed Elsewhere, Hear Me Out

This Gary Sanchez situation in miniature really showed me how far apart I am from a lot of fans. I mean some people were straight heated about what I saw at least as a weird fit.