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More on Alvarez and His Potential
A few posts ago, I wondered if Pedro Alvarez was a bust yet. I looked at players who had struggled as he did last year only to rebound to a… Read more
In-game strategy too predictable
With the Pirates leading 1-0 tonight, Rod Barajas led off the seventh inning with a double. On the next pitch, Clint Barmes tried to sacrifice him to third. The bunt… Read more
Recent History Suggests the Slow Offensive Start has Doomed this Club
Is anyone here not at the breaking point when it comes to this offense? In almost any meaningful way, this team is in the bottom third of any offensive metric…. Read more
What Kind of Player Fails to Hit .150 in a Month?
Two Buccos failed to hit .150 in April while getting at least 50 plate appearances. Everyone knows their names: Clint Barmes and Rod Barajas. The result wasn’t all that pretty… Read more
Pirates offense underperforming, but should improve
Someone asked me on Twitter today what the overall problem with the Pirates offense has been so far in 2012. The answer is pretty simple. Outside of Pedro Alvarez and… Read more
How Bad is it to Whiff 17 Times as a Team?
Driving back to Ohio after Sunday’s game was not at all pleasant. After a nicely played contest on Saturday night, the fewer fans who turned out Sunday were treated to… Read more
Notes from PNC 5/5/12
My brother and I come over from the Buckeye state once a year to take in a Saturday night game, spend the night, watch a Sunday afternoon contest and then… Read more
A Few of My Favorite Things: Strikeouts
They are some of my favorite things so long as it is the Pirate pitchers who are causing the whiffing. As Tim noted earlier today, the Bucco hurlers have been… Read more
Taking a look at last night’s strike zone
During the second inning of last night’s game, Pirates catcher Rod Barajas took issue with a ball that was called with Carlos Beltran at the plate. In turn, home plate… Read more
Goldstein: Taillon and Cole among potential number one starters currently in minors
Kevin Goldstein has an interesting article up at both Baseball Prospectus and ESPN Insider today, breaking down what it means to be a true number one starter from a scouting… Read more