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The Rays 13 game winning streak was against Detroit, Washington, Oakland, and Boston. But I ain't hear no one complaining about that opening schedule.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 16-7. They have won seven consecutive games with a run differential of 45-15.
Yes, those games were against Colorado and Cincinnati. They are still victories. And while this may not be sustainable, they have the third-best record in baseball right now.
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@dpakman
@KyleKulinski
Bloomberg: "Want to see the biggest waste of money?"
Trump administration: "Hold our beer"
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Looks like Ashcraft has an audience
This is probably the first start where Braxton Ashcraft has looked his 2023 self, against a very good Somerset lineup, so far.
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Nick Yorke has played one career game in CF, and he's already a better option than Bae
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I, like many others, wish the small market
#Pirates
would operate much more like the small market Rays
Rays, 3.5 GB of WC: "We should use this hot market to improve our organization from top to bottom"
Pirates, 2.0 GB of WC: "Derp"
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Is it a bad time to bring up the
#Pirates
passed on 2 WAR Carlos Santana, for a couple million?
Between GMBC, his scouting dept., and hitting development, they're just really bad at this baseball stuff.
Bob should be furious Ben is literally setting his money on fire
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#Pirates
have me on the verge of "I'm not watching as long as Ka'ai Tom is on this roster" territory again.
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Good news is that Marco and the
#Pirates
won't see the Yankees and Stanton till after they've clinched the division
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B-Rey talked more in this one interview than he has cumulatively to Pittsburgh media. Which honestly, can't blame him.
Speaking of Pittsburgh media, wonder how that Taylor Ward trade is coming, that was supposedly almost across the finish line.
After slugging 18 homers and putting together a 25-game hit streak in the first half, Bryan Reynolds is at his second
#AllStarGame
!
He joins
@adnansvirk
,
@CY24_7
and
@PujolsFive
to discuss his red-hot June, the
@Pirates
and more.
#MLBTonight
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Pirates Twitter Challenge: Go a day without a rando blogger coming up with some new rumor for engagement farming.
Impossible
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"Trust his stuff in the zone" is basically the answer every time a Pirates pitcher would go to Tampa and "suddenly become good".
Don't let Nicolas be the next one. Trust his stuff in Pittsburgh.
Shortly after this report, Kyle Nicolas came out and handed out strikes through two innings of relief 🔥🏴☠️
@SNPittsburgh
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Nick Yorke before the
#Pirates
: 2B and LF
Nick Yorke after joining the Pirates: 2B, LF, RF, CF, and now 3B
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It happened!!!! With CJ Abrams graduation, Burrows cracks
@BaseballAmerica
Top 100!
#BurrowsTop100
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I get disliking Bae, but let's not act like if that exact same scenario happened to B-Rey, the booth would be defending his honor and professionalism to the end of the earth.
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Between the catfighting over who has the better sources with the
#Pirates
from local writers, to fake trade rumors, Pittsburgh has concocted arguably the worst collection of sports personalities.
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@JeffPassan
This may easily get taken out of context, but I'd tell people they should look into the full story. Not saying he's innocent, but it also sheds light on a huge issue in the legal system of people pleading guilty just to avoid trial, even if innocent.
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Me thinks the Pirates are doing something wrong when a guy that crushed fastballs coming up through the minors all of a sudden can't hit a fastball
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Here are my issues are with the
#Pirates
"rebuild". Top 100 lists aren't the be-all and end-all of a org's system, but it still generally involves league-wide input and data.
The Pirates should be similar to BAL, who STILL have 8 Top 100 for each of MLB and BA.
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Weird. Robert Murray having a different take. But what would he know, he's the guy that refuted the great Paul Zeise's "Taylor Ward almost across the finish line" nearly 3 weeks ago.
Just got very depressed after talking Pirates deadline stuff with Bob Nightengale.
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If Braxton Ashcraft is able to maintain his stuff for 5-6 innings.... Ohhhhh, buddy
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Kalae Harrison pinch hits for Termarr Johnson in top of 9th with 2 on and 1 out, down 11-10
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To be taken with a grain of salt. It's only been 2 starts
But given he faced a powerhouse Yankees lineup I think it's worth mentioning that Luis Ortiz has been barreled 0 times. Zero.
He's 98th percentile in FB Velo, and gets 6.3" of more horizontal movement than avg
#Pirates
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Sooooo, is he signaling that he'd wish to lose all hope?
.
@KodyDuncanPGH
proposes a trade between the
#Pirates
and
#Yankees
centered around All-Star David Bednar
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I understand baseball hasn't been a hot topic in Pittsburgh for quite some time, therefore local writer's knowledge is very limited.
That being said, they should probably stay in their lane. Stick to things like Mason Rudolph or Benny Snell puff pieces.
Can't wait to see the pitching plan the Pirates have for the future. Is there a plan?
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What I expect Thursday:
"Pirates activate Holderman, and place Bednar on the IL"
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Roansy? Yerry? And now Cal?!?!
Is, is that excitement for the MLB squad I feel?
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Soooooo, about that whole "Pirates gave up too soon and should've kept Ro instead of rostering (insert RP people are upset with at the moment)"
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Dylan Crews went 2-for-3, lifting his avg to .519 on the season.
He could go 0 for his next 39 ABs and still be above 300
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Disclaimer: Not a pro Hedges tweet. It's a, he's the whipping boy of an overall dismal display.
Hedges is catching a lot of flak lately. I get it. But, some June stats for your viewing pleasure. Well, opposite of pleasure.
Hedges June wRC+: 53
Bae: 56
Joe: 50
Delay: 48
Tuc: 23
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Top 100 prospect by summer, if he stays healthy
Lonnie White Jr with an absolute bomb, 105 mph off the bat. His 3rd home run in 5 games now.
He struck out in his first at bat but had looked really good at the plate the rest of the night
#LetsGoBucs
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Prospects begin their careers in different positions. All the time.
Pitchers begin in the bullpen. All the time.
From day one, Davis was drafted for his bat. He has been promoted to the majors, for his bat.
Stop trying to find ANY reason to complain. Tank is here. Celebrate.
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Just a grown man crying over a jersey number, while supporting a piece of shit no one in MLB wanted to touch.
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Gives Peggy a 20/20 season across all 3 levels combined.
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So, Borucki might actually be good. They found what worked for him, and are having him lean on it. Sliders. Lots of sliders.
#LetsGoBucs
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New conspiracy theory.
Holderman --> Dodgers for one of their upper level pitching prospects
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At that price point? Lies. Unless they only had like 5 in stock to begin with.
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City shutting down for the Cutch presser
The Penguins have canceled the practice scheduled for noon at Cranberry.
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Fans complaining about the pen will likely be my villain origin story.
This is individual June ERA (not including today).
Two are hurt, but still 5 sub 4 ERA (w/ Nicolas' scoreless IP today), and Borucki to return soon.
The problem was, is, and will continue to be the offense
Roansy Contreras has a 3.29 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP for the LA Angels this year.
Pirates chose Ryder Ryan and Ben Heller over him btw.
#LetsGoBucs
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*Looking for Errornado's name*
Huh, weird
The
@Pirates
' Ke'Bryan Hayes leads all NL defenders in the new
#SABR
Defensive Index rankings through games of Sunday, June 4:
@RawlingsSports
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Guy who even the Oakland A's won't play in the outfield, should be an outfielder in an already defensively abysmal OF. That should go well.
Jack is a -19 DRS in the OF this season. NEGATIVE NINETEEN.
The Pittsburgh Pirates need to do everything they can to trade for Brent Rooker to play RF.
Move Jack Suwinski to CF to replace Michael A. Taylor:
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Not sure who still needs to hear this, but Jared Jones is good. Finishes off the first inning whiffing Christian Encarnacion-Strand on a high heater.
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Rutschman is eye-popping, but Crews is not....
Prospect fatigue is getting the better of analysts
"If I'm the Pirates, I don't know how you pass on a kid that you may not see for another 20 years in the draft."
Dan O'Dowd thinks Paul Skenes is a generational prospect 👀
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Termarr Johnson showing very advanced strike zone awareness. Challenged two straight strikes and both were overturned for balls.
#Pirates
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The funny part about the
#Pirates
getting hammered is that it's mostly coming at the hands of Brewers draft picks and trade returns. You know, the thing GMBC has apparently been focusing on since 2019?
Fear not. After all this time, Ben got an All Star closer. Who has struggled
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@mattduss
@_michaelbrooks
"You don't want us here, but we're going to stay here, and also you should (have to) pay us"
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I will now wear this for the next 48 hrs, which just showed up today, after that bizarro
#Pirates
game
@PitchingNinja
@RotoWear
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When I want sound baseball advice, I go to the guy that claimed a starting MI with Strange-Gordon, Difo, and Nogo would lead to a competitive team.
Enough with Liover Peguero. He’s a bad defender. He’s batting.226. Wasn’t even a great hitter at Greensboro. No reason to think this guy will be a major league regular. The most overrated guy in the whole system
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Winners of four straight. Oakland comes to town. AND IT'S COMPLEX LEAGUE OPENING DAY!!!!
#LetsGoBucs
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This
#Pirates
team has the same energy as the 2020 Steelers at 11-0. The Buccos are above .500, but at the same time, it's hard to actually justify it.
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My overall feelings on the
#Pirates
farm system, as also shown by BA's update, are Tank and Endy will graduate, eventually. And come pre-2024, their strength will be pitchers populating Top 100 lists: Jones, Solo, and possibly Bubba/Harrington if they go on streaks.
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Well, good news, we have this fantastic prospect in Triple-A right now. He plays corner OF and 1B. Hits for power, and has been on a tear lately.
His name is, Miguel Andujar.
Yankees lose trade option with Bryan Reynolds’ $106 million Pirates contract
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So, the Pirates signing Sanchez doesn't make sense cause you might stifle the develop of a catcher you're not entirely sure is a catcher moving forward.
But the Angels signing him makes more sense... when they have Logan O'Hoppe?
The Pirates have been linked to Gary Sanchez, but is there a fit? Took a deeper look this morning:
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Andujar
Vilade
Uceta
Heineman
Maggi
De Jong
Andujar again
Underwood
Owings
De Jong again
Villalobos
Mathias
Zastryzny
Swaggerty
Crowe
Sure would've been nice if they could've found a spot for a productive hitter. Though, let's be honest, Haines would've likely ruined him.
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I've read all the reporting. I've read all the reactions.
Crews 1-1
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You have to be kidding me? The
#Pirates
would've been better off just promoting Luis Peralta to the majors.
The Rockies are trading LHP Jalen Beeks to the Pirates, per source. Colorado will receive Double-A LHP Luis Peralta.
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#Pirates
pitching factory
Dominic Perachi with his own version of 7-11.
The
@Pirates
southpaw fans 7 consecutive batters en route to a career-high 11 over 6 one-hit frames for the
@GSOHoppers
!
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Tank in bigs (injured after struggling), Solo holding his own in Double-A, Lonnie healthy and making minced meat of Low-A pitching, and now Bubba moving to Double-A. 2021 draft is popping off.
Bubba Chandler,
#Pirates
No. 7 prospect, will be promoted to Double-A Altoona to make his final start of the season on Friday. Former 2-way star had 2.57 ERA, .202 BAA and 1 K/IP since start of July w/Greensboro.
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Long story short, the
#Pirates
shouldn't make this more complicated. Crews 1-1. End of story.
Mock Draft V 3.0
A few buzzy names in this one. I find myself struggling to fit all the names who make sense in the 10-20 range in those spots. This class has a ton of talent.
I also went through pick 36 to try and appease Mets and Dodgers fans:
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Where we're at with
#Pirates
Twitter:
Prompt: "Would you trade anything for Ohtani?"
Fans: "Well, you know, he had surgery. And he's expensive. And he's only been a DH. And I just really like these specific prospects too much"
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And here's the thing, that's 8 FA years. The
#Pirates
still have Reynolds controlled for 3. So, let's say 8 yr extension for Reynolds. We take the $6.75M he's making this year and combine the two arb years and call it $25M, add 5 yrs at $20M/yr = 8 yrs $125M. That seems fair.
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Another aspect with the
#Pirates
DFA of Zach Thompson, I think at least it's showing GMBC isn't showing preferential treatment of "his guys".
Thompson, Bryse, Park, and Diego had pretty quick turnarounds into 40-man casualties.
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Falter increasing the velo's a little for his debut. All 4 up
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With roughly 36 hrs to go till trade deadline, and MAYBE something still happens, but what bothers me the most about GMBC is how milquetoast of a risk averse GM he's been.
Try to acquire a legit 2024 and beyond MLB bat? Nah. Utilize the market and trade one of their RP? Nah.
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For fun. Here are Marco Gonzales and Eduardo Rodriguez's Fangraphs pitch modeling numbers.
2022 and 2023
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@CAWafflez
You're giving up a future 80 HR hitter, a future HoF 60/60 star CF, an elite speed super utility player and a future gold glover for an often broken expensive CF? PASS!!!
-Pirates Twitter's favorite prospect pumper, probably
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@TimBenzPGH
@TribSports
@TribLIVE
You should've just wrote this one line:
"I simply wanted Leiter as the No. 1 pick as opposed to Davis. "
And hit publish, instead of this long, sad, melodramatic collection of words.
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@SotoSZN
@Ken_Rosenthal
I'm wondering where this supposed collarbone tattoo is? 2019, and no tattoo?
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Because Nicolas has dirty stuff that he needs to learn to control. Ro is just mid. Member how mad people were Stephenson went elsewhere and became something? Nicolas is more Stephenson than Ro is. Well, and options.
Kyle Nicolas walked 5.8 per 9 in Triple-A last year. This year he walked 7.59 per 9 in Indy before getting the call. This isn't my victory lap, but I still don't understand what it is about Nicolas that makes you keep him on this team over Roansy at that time.
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Promotions!!
Cy Nielson FINALLY to Altoona.
Mike Walsh and Garret Forrester up to Greensboro
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When the Rays call, you find out which players they appear to really like, give them an exorbitant price they reject, and then try to figure out how to make the players they wanted good.
If and when the Rays call, find a polite excuse to end the call when players start being discussed
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Update for all the notice this is getting lol
I think it may have been disciplinary due to him tossing his bat after grounding out in 7th.
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Altoona hitters were making too much contact. They didn't strike out enough.
Fewest K's in the league. By a wide margin.
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Always love the "Pens spend to win" argument. When there's a hard cap set in place, specifically because, THEY COULDN'T SPEND TO WIN!!!
Look up Lemieux quotes during the lockout. He said they couldn't keep up with the big markets.
The Pirates just lost 9 straight and will never spend to maintain. The Steelers and Penguins always spend to win.
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#Pirates
are about to be the Kings of two-seamers. Those are some flat sinkers (a good thing)
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Key pulled the ball!! He pulled the ball!!
#LetsGoBucs
Ke'Bryan Hayes vs Giovanny Gallegos
#LetsGoBucs
Home Run (3) 💣
Exit velo: 102.3 mph
Launch angle: 30 deg
Proj. distance: 421 ft
No doubt about that one 🔒
That's a dinger in all 30 MLB ballparks
STL (5) @ PIT (6)
🔻 7th
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Now, I hope the
#Pirates
get into some bats here shortly, but LHP Josh Hartle out of Wake Forest is a pretty solid third round pick. Tough JR year, but going into the 2024 collegiate season, he was a mid-first round pitcher.
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#Pirates
robbed of two Top 10 pitch framing catchers by *pulls out magnifying glass*,
#BlakeRakes
#BlakeFrames
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If you want to feel better about the
#Pirates
bullpen, you need only to watch one Altoona Curve game
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