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Measurements of How Bad the Offense is, Part 3: Slugging Percentage
Going into Saturday action against the Wriglies, the Pirates have the 15th ranked slugging percentage in the National League (thank you San Diego). That’s just the raw data. They actually… Read more
Measurements of How Bad the Offense is, Part 2: 2012 OPS
There are many ways to measure just how bad the Pirates offense is in 2012. Part 1 was the historically awful K/BB ratio – on pace to be the worst… Read more
Measurements of How Bad the Offense is, Part 1: K/BB Ratio
At some point during the broadcast of this afternoon’s Mets/Pirates games, the Mets talking heads were rightly pointing out just how fruitless the Pirates attempts at scoring have been in… Read more
Recent 40 Game Rolling Average of Pirates Runs Per Game
That is a clunky title. Not sure what else to call it – maybe Scrambled Eggs… Since we are just past the 25% mark on the season, I’m interested to… Read more
McCutchen is a One Man Gang
I feel bad for Andrew McCutchen. Kind of like the way I felt for Jason Bay and Jason Kendall and Brian Giles before him. And Tony Pena and Johnny Ray… Read more
Have the Pirates Faced More than their Share of Stellar Starting Pitching?
I think everyone here will agree that the Pirates have the worst offense in baseball. They don’t score runs. They don’t get on base with great enough frequency. They haven’t… Read more
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