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First Pitch: How Far Away Are the Pirates From a Winning Record?

It's time for my favorite article of the year. FanGraphs released their ZiPS projections yesterday, which means today is the launch of my ZiPS-based...

First Pitch: Will the Pirates Promote Aggressively in the Low Minors?

We're always eager to see the prospects we like promoted quickly (especially when things aren't going so well in the majors).  Considering the Pirates'...

First Pitch: The Pirates Have a Talented Group of Prospects Forming in the Lower Levels

Time is a flat circle. I was in a fortunate situation when I started this site in 2009. I was living about an hour away...

First Pitch: I Agree With Bob Nutting, But I Don’t Trust Him

The Pirates don't deserve any benefit of the doubt from their fans. Bob Nutting doesn't deserve any benefit of the doubt from his customers. There was...

First Pitch: Pirates are Looking for a Way to Minimize Pitching Injuries

The Pittsburgh Pirates gave the local media some updates on injured pitchers yesterday. A specific quote from Nick Burdi drew my attention because I've...

First Pitch: 1/25/20

Following up on Wilbur's article yesterday with a few notes and thoughts on the Pirates right now. **The Pirates, led by Bob Nutting, have discussed...

First Pitch: Is “The Plan” Emerging?

New manager Derek Shelton had some comments recently about the Pirates' offseason direction, specifically, about the lack of changes to the roster.  You can...

First Pitch: The Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame

The Pittsburgh Pirates are opening their own team Hall of Fame this season and Steve Blass was announced as part of the inaugural class....

First Pitch: The Departures from the 2019 Pitching Staff

I saw last night that Alex McRae signed with the Chicago White Sox. I didn't even know that he was a free agent. He...

First Pitch: 1/21/20

Some notes and links for today: **My latest article for Baseball America went up last week, looking at Travis MacGregor's rehab work through Tommy John,...

First Pitch: 1/20/20

We did a three-part series this weekend, looking at the big things we wish we knew about prospects ten years ago. If you missed...

First Pitch: Pirates and Mets Reportedly Discussing Starling Marte Again, Again

I was originally going to write about what I've learned on this site over the last ten years, following up on the responses from...

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