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Improved depth could drive Pirates’ fortunes deep into season
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Just beyond the season’s quarter pole, the Pirates are on pace to win 96 games. The club is off to its best start since 1992, ...- New: 9 hr 7 min ago
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Improved roster depth could drive Pirates’ fortunes deep into season
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Just beyond the season’s quarter pole, the Pirates are on pace to win 96 games. The club is off to its best start since 1992, ...- New: 9 hr 7 min ago
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Alvarez blast lifts Pirates past Astros
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The home run Pedro Alvarez hit Sunday afternoon probably won’t end up in his all-time top 10 list. Yet it was huge, given the circumstances. ...- 1 day 15 hr ago
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Pirates notebook: McCutchen scratched for soreness in right knee
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pirates star Andrew McCutchen was scratched from Sunday’s lineup due to soreness in his right knee. There was no immediate update on his condition. The...- 1 day 19 hr ago
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Starkey: Robots over umps? Yes, please
Pittsburgh Tribune (Joe Starkey) — By Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Angel Hernandez still has a job. That’s the punch line. Hernandez is the umpire who looked at a television monitor that all but screamed “YES!” ...- 2 days ago
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Pirates’ bullpen falters in extra-inning loss to Astros
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review So often this season, the Pirates’ bullpen picked up a starting pitcher unable to make it deep into a game. The bullpen posted scoreless innings, ...- 2 days ago
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Biertempfel: Pirates lefty Locke settles into rotation
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review At the start of the season, Jeff Locke almost seemed like an afterthought in the starting rotation. Locke won the No. 5 spot in spring ...- 2 days ago
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Pirates starters Locke, Wandy enjoying good fortune
Pittsburgh Tribune (David Golebiewski) — By David Golebiewski After a turbulent April, Pirates starting pitchers have the third-lowest ERA in the majors during May and boast an overall ERA (3.90) slightly under the ...- 2 days ago
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Pirates notebook: Botched popup shocks Martin
Pittsburgh Tribune (Karen Price) — By Karen Price, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pirates catcher Russell Martin was surprised to see his ninth-inning popup drop into shallow right field Friday night that he didn’t know what to think. ...- 2 days ago
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Pirates minor league notebook: Former 5th-round pick Glasnow shining in rotation
Pittsburgh Tribune (Ryan Pritt) — By Ryan Pritt CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the temperature slowly has risen, the ERAs among many West Virginia Power pitchers have fallen. One starter in particular has flashed ...- 2 days ago
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Pirates 5, Astros 4
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review It was just like old times. The Houston Astros were back in a National League ballpark Friday, and the Pirates beat them again. The Pirates ...- 3 days ago
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Former Pirates prospect Grossman now starting in center for Houston
Pittsburgh Tribune (Karen Price) — By Karen Price, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review It’s been three years since Pirates left-hander Jeff Locke played with Robbie Grossman in High-A Bradenton. But ask him what he remembers about his former...- 3 days ago
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Pirates notebook: NL Central not so soft after all
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review How about a little love for the NL Central? When the Astros shifted to the American League this season, much was made of how they ...- 3 days ago
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Pirates bash Brewers, 7-1, to take series
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The Pirates used all of their weapons Thursday and rolled to a 7-1 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers. They got an effective — at times ...- 4 days ago
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MLB notebook: League looking at vast replay expansion
Pittsburgh Tribune (Tribune-Review) — By Tribune-Review Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls ...- 4 days ago
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Pirates notebook: Replay could catch players in a trap
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review It’s long enough after the fact now that Travis Snider can admit he didn’t really catch that blooper a couple of seasons ago at Triple-A ...- 4 days ago
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Small adjustment key to Pirates pitcher Liriano’s return to form
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Francisco Liriano spent more time watching the game than participating in it for a time last September. It might have been the best thing to ...- 5 days ago
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Rodriguez, Walker push Pirates past Brewers
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Two trends collided on a balmy Wednesday evening at PNC Park: the Brewers’ recent dominance over the Pirates and Wandy Rodriguez’s mastery when...- 5 days ago
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Pirates notebook: Alvarez sits against rignty Gallardo
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — By Travis Sawchik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez was out of the lineup against a right-handed pitcher Wednesday for the first time since June 5 last season when ...- 5 days ago
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McCutchen leadoff homer in 12th inning gives Pirates rare victory vs. Brewers
Pittsburgh Tribune (Rob Biertempfel) — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Andrew McCutchen hit a solo homer in the 12th inning Tuesday to boost the Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3. McCutchen lined a 2-2 pitch ...- 6 days ago
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Blog Articles
Monday morning mop-up duty: Jeff Locke laughs in the face of FIP
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – The advanced numbers and the sabermetric community contend Pirates lefty Jeff Locke cannot sustain the performance he has authored to date. After seven shutout...- 20 hr 45 min ago
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What we can learn from ranking the Pirates … and is AJ Burnett striking out too many batters?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — PNC PARK - On Thursday I did my best, and perhaps failed miserably, to rank the Pirates’ 25 most valuable assets. Trade-value lists are interesting exercises. And engaging in a...- 2 days ago
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The 25 most valuable Pirates
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – This is not a list tied only to 2013 value, rather, it’s all-encompassing value ranking. The list takes into account present skills, future projection, age,...- 4 days ago
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What’s happening to PNC Park?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – When Andrew McCutchen barreled-up a Mike Fiers 2-2 fastball in the bottom of the 12th last night at PNC Park, he had little confidence it was going to clear the...- 5 days ago
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When is it time to lock up Starling Marte? …. Yesterday
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – On Monday the Cubs locked up their young, talented first baseman Anthony Rizzo with a seven-year, $41 million deal, a contract that includes a couple club...- 6 days ago
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Monday mop-up duty: mighty Mercer back in a holding pattern … should he be?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — PNC PARK – If all things were equal, Jordy Mercer would be on the Pirates’ 25-man roster. Mercer was mostly impressive during his nine games with the Pirates while Neil Walker’s...- 7 days ago
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Francisco Liriano, staff ace?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – I offered the following observation on Twitter yesterday after watching two innings of Francisco Liriano’s Pirates debut: I don’t think this...- 8 days ago
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Everyone loves Grilled Cheese but what of his shelf life? … Scott Kazmir’s Thursday start offers a glimpse of Francisco Liriano’s upside … And Baseball America’s mock draft No. 1
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – Relievers are the most volatile players in the game. I believe it was the Cleveland Indians’ front office conducted a study a few years back that showed...- 10 days ago
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Umpires and accountability … Should we have a playoff? … And Pedro Alvarez is not progressing to the mean
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER – On Sunday at PNC Park we saw Bryce Harper ejected from the game by John Hirschbeck after the 20-year-old phenom disagreed with a check-swing third strike call....- 11 days ago
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A ‘scary’ outfield … and perhaps together as early as 2014. And who has the best 1-2 young arm combo in baseball?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — SOUTH HILLS COMMAND CENTER - When we first offered the ‘Cobra 2.0′ moniker for Pirates outfield prospect Gregory Polanco, it seemed just a bit soaking in hyperbole. After all,...- 13 days ago
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Monday morning mop-up duty: is Marte already a superstar?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — HIGH ATOP MT. LEBO – Howdy, folks. Included below in this missive are some thoughts and observations from the week that was…. (A shameless, truncated borrowing from Peter King’s...- 14 days ago
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What might make Bryce Harper, Bryce Harper…Will batters strike back against defensive shifts?…And is Mercer the future at SS?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — PNC PARK – If you really like Rock and Roll and you were around for the 1960s, you’d probably have loved to watch The Beatles during a sound check, or in a recording studio. Better...- 15 days ago
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Should Starling Marte be leading off? Liriano impresses scouts, and the Byrce is (all) Right
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — HIGH ATOP MT. LEBO – Pirates outfielder Starling Marte has saved his best for first this season. But should the Pirates save him for later in the batting order? Marte enters...- 17 days ago
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Why is Miller Park a house of horrors for the Pirates? … Ground-ball pitchers, anyone? … and Liriano is throwing strikes
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — MILWAUKEE – The Pirates entered Wednesday’s series finale at Miller Park having won just seven of their last 53 games played in the building. The run dates back to 2007. Crazy,...- 19 days ago
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Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Wandy Rodriguez … Strasmas is in doubt Saturday (a reminder no young arm is safe) … Gerrit Cole’s missing command … and Sanchez’s new home
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — MILWAUKEE – Wandy Rodriguez is really two different pitchers. There’s Wandy at home, and there’s Wandy on the road. There are platoon splits and then there are Rodriguez’s...- 21 days ago
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The Pirates’ magic number: 3
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — MILWAUKEE – So many good things have happened for the Pirates this April. They’ve won 15 games in April for the first time since 1992. (And we know how that season ended: with a winning...- 21 days ago
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The interesting things people said Friday
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — So about last night …. it wasn’t so great for the Pirates. Jonathan Sanchez didn’t record an out. He allowed two home runs and was tossed after hitting Allen Craig. They...- 23 days ago
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Liriano’s sparkling rehab start shows why he might be the Pirates’ key wildcard (and a smart buy-low bet) …. and The Cobra II?
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — We saw the bad version of Francisco Liriano, the guy who loses focus and command at times, in his second rehab start at Double-A last week. Liriano failed to complete three innings and needed 67...- 24 days ago
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Baseball’s trend toward specialization and Brandon Inge’s (and the Pirates’) magic … and a former big-money draft pick is heating up
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — Brandon Inge was batting .150 in 18 games at Triple-A Indianapolis before getting called up Tuesday to give the Pirates another option against left-handed pitching. The Pirates have struggled...- 25 days ago
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Dylan Bundy and the Catch-22 that is prospecting for pitchers
Pittsburgh Tribune (Travis Sawchik) — MT. LEBO – The consensus top pitching prospect in baseball, Orioles’ right-hander Dylan Bundy, went to see Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday. Other than “I’m from the...- 26 days ago
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