Three days after the Pittsburgh Pirates season opens at Wrigley Field on April 1st former top prospect in the organization, who reached as high as 14th overall in MLB back in 2018, Mitch Keller will turn 25 years old. Thus far in his big league career Keller has started 16 games over the past twoContinue reading “Concerned About Keller”
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More Depth, Trevor Cahill is Added to the Mix
Late last evening news broke that the Pirates had inked Trevor Cahill to a one year deal worth 1 million dollars plus up to 1 million in performance bonuses.
Pirates Optimism and Realism Coexist
Excited about some of what you’ve seen in Spring so far? You’re not alone. Underwhelmed by all of it because it’s just Spring ball and you’re sticking to your original perception, you too aren’t alone.
What Have We Learned So Far?
I just wrote a piece a couple days back about exactly how hard it is to trust numbers or results from Spring games, but we also touched on some of the nuggets that are there outside the stats. Today I’d like to put a few of those observations down on, ha, screen I guess, I was totally gonna write paper.
I Thought The Pirates Were Supposed To Be Stocking The System
Ever since Ben Cherington arrived on the scene as the Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager in November of 2019 he has preached some very similar sounding and typically intertwined organizational philosophies; among them stock piling talent throughout the system and creating competition at every level. Based on this information concerning how the Pirates plan on buildingContinue reading “I Thought The Pirates Were Supposed To Be Stocking The System”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 3-8-21
Five Pirates thoughts, ok maybe Six today, couldn’t help myself.
Taking Real Nuggets from Fake Games
Depending on your narrative you can take the paint that is Spring Training games and create just about whatever picture you want to. So how can you tell the difference between real player progress and taking advantage of players working on something?
The Road to Respectability
On the path from league worst to contender rarely does a franchise in baseball leap from worst to first, the Pirates will certainly be no different in that regard, but respectability is in sight.
Some Decisions Just Make too Much Sense
I’m all for the environment the club is creating, but we also need to keep our eyes on what makes sense beyond right now.
David Bednar – More Than a Throw In
Almost every move Ben Cherington made when moving veterans off the club was solely in exchange for very young, very talented prospect capital. So when the Pirates presented the deal they finalized with San Diego and the New York Mets somehow the ready for MLB David Bednar almost seemed like a toss in.
Steel City Pirates 