We knew exactly what we were missing. Every day that Oneil Cruz was held down in AAA for some BS reason (he needed work pinch-hitting, he couldn’t solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than 5 minutes, his cakes were too stodgy), we Pirate fans knew that the front office was denying us the opportunity of […]
For the second day in a row I was unable to watch the Pirates game, and I consider it a blessing. Thursday’s game felt like a carbon copy of Wednesday’s game, the kind of performance that a 90+ loss team can sleepwalk through. Once again, the starting pitching was strong (JT Brubaker went 7 innings, […]
JT Brubaker isn’t young enough to be interesting, so the Pirates’ best hope for him is that he’s good enough to eat innings. His margin for error has shrunk, though, since Mitch Keller has been pitching better and Bryse Wilson has been banished to Indianapolis. At one point earlier this season, you might be able […]
What a game to turn off early. I stayed up to watch the top of the 8th inning, but after Jack Suwinski struck out to strand a couple of runners on base, I decided to go to bed. It was past 1 am eastern time and I figured the bottom of the Pirates’ order that […]
The way things have been going for the Pirates lately, I figured we were in for a Chad Kuhl no-hitter on Monday, his first game at PNC Park since the Bucs released him last offseason. Kuhl is the rare pitcher who has found success at Coors Field — his slider is the most valuable pitch […]
Thursday ended up being the perfect day to spend an evening at PNC Park. The temperature was in the upper 70s but humidity was low; a steady breeze blew in from the outfield to keep the air moving and everyone cool. The sky was blue and mostly clear of clouds, and as the sun set […]
I really don’t know how much longer the Pirates can keep getting away with this. The starter — played on Sunday by JT Brubaker — once again failed to go deep into the game, leaving things in the hands of the bullpen for the final 6 innings. The Bucs managed to string together enough hits […]
Is JT Brubaker good? The Pirates seem to think so — or maybe they had no better options to start on Opening Day. Brubaker came on strong during 2021 Spring Training to break camp with the team, and he was one of the club’s better pitchers during the first half of the season. He struggled […]
I missed most of Thursday’s game, and at first it didn’t look like I’d be missing much. Like Sunday’s game, the Pirates got off to an awful start: JT Brubaker couldn’t find the strike zone and issued 3 walks to load the bases in the 1st; Hoy Park, out of position in right field, misplayed […]
The Pirates are absolutely incredible, aren’t they folks? A few hours after reportedly signing Ke’Bryan Hayes to an 8-year, $70 million deal — the first bit of good news in ions — Hayes injured the same damn wrist that kept him out for a significant chunk of 2021 on a fly ball that Ben Gamel […]
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