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Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Maybe we’ve forgotten how we got here. Take a breath and walk through it with me.

Another solid week for this edition’s write up. Without making specific predictions I think we could be seeing some movement with a few of the guys here. And before you get too excited I’m not talking about Gonzo or Endy or Davis.

Pittsburgh Pirates at Seattle Mariners Series Preview

Seattle has won six of their last ten, but four have come against a historically bad Athletics team, and have had trouble against higher competition.

Rangers Strike Early & Often, Defeat Pirates 6-1: (25-23)

05/23/2023 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_Ethan on Twitter We knew going into this series that the Texas Rangers have fielded one of the best offense in MLB. Well, Texas proved that on Tuesday night. The Rangers jumped on Rich Hill immediately, as Marcus Semien would triple, leading to a Corey Seager single that wouldContinue reading “Rangers Strike Early & Often, Defeat Pirates 6-1: (25-23)”

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Welcome to what a .500 team looks like. Despite their start to 2023, the Pirates have played the best part of May being the worst version of themselves and it’s got all of us up in our feels.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Texas Rangers Series Preview

The Rangers are hot the Pirates are not, but I’ll still take the Bucs to steal 2 of 3.

Pirates Strangle Snakes in 13-3 Blowout Series Opener: (24-20)

By the 8th, the Danger Noodles were on to using position players to pitch and it got silly quickly.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Arizona Diamondbacks Series Preview

Well, if you take a very small sample, the Pirates have won two of their last three games. Unfortunately, taking a much larger sample, the Diamondbacks have won eight of their last thirteen games, and have looked like a top NL team as of late.

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

I asked that you all submit some questions that thought a bit beyond the obvious Henry Davis or Endy Rodriguez promotion predictions. It just felt like we have all talked it to death at this point and bluntly, the expectations for being the savior are getting out of control too.

Top 15 Plus 5 More Update

A second Monday with no MiLB AND no Bucco games? What are they doing to us? A quick reminder if a player had a good week he is highlighted in red. Cold week in blue. Let’s get to it.