Do the Pittsburgh Pirates Have a Potential Power Surge in 2024

In 1992, the last time the Pirates had a winning season before 2013, all of baseball hit 3,038 homers. In 2013, the number spiked to 4,661, and since 2013, there have been well over 4,000 home runs hit by all of baseball every season since, excluding 2020 of course.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Mom & Dad are Fighting!

Bob Nutting spoke last week to Jason Mackey, and while most people have their minds made up about him, this time, he said a lot of what you want to hear.

Development is Non-Linear, but for the Pirates, it’s Been Almost Non-Existent

The Pirates have curated a fan base that has lowered their expectations down to expecting at least some effort. From players who probably aren’t good enough, from coaches who probably don’t have all the right buttons to push, even if they knew what they’d be.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Steel City Pirates

Most of you saw the announcement last week about this website changing to Steel City Pirates, and since you’re here, it’s obvious it hasn’t prevented you from getting here, so, awesome.

The 10 Most Feared Pirates Hitters Since Barry Bonds

All of these lists tend to wind up with Bonds, a ton of 70s guys and Kiner. So I thought, let’s force ourselves out of that all time historical box and just focus on the past 40ish years and hopefully remember some guys we don’t talk about enough.