The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-26) are on the west coast for game two of a three-game series against the San Diego Padres (29-16), with first pitch tonight at 10:10 PM. The Pirates will send out JT Brubaker (0-4, 4.64) for his ninth start of the season. He will be opposed by former Pirates starter Joe Musgrove (5-0, 1.90), who is making his ninth start of the season. In 52 innings, he has 51 strikeouts and an 0.94 WHIP.
Cam Alldred cleared waivers and was sent outright to Indianapolis.
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
Saturday night baseball.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/a8YSO3JyCc
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 28, 2022
Padres
#Padres Lineup 05/28/22
1. Jurickson Profar LF
2. Ha-Seong Kim 3B
3. Eric Hosmer 1B
4. Luke Voit DH
5. Jake Cronenworth 2B
6. Wil Myers RF
7. Austin Nola C
8. Trent Grisham CF
9. Sergio Alcantara SSStarting Pitcher : Joe Musgrove
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) May 28, 2022
Do we have enough guys to even have a congratulatory line!
Heck of a win👍
Raise it
The shocked call of the year by Brownie! Fumbling all over wtf the score was……like can he add 1 +3! Priceless.
I’m watching the replay now, and wow did Brown have a rough inning. Not only did he fumble over the score but he then spent several minutes talking about whether Perez would play 1B despite him being pinch hit for to start the inning.
I was screaming at the TV saying the same thing. I’m one of the few non family members that like Joe over Brown. And really like the joe and Neil together.
I could abide Joe Block if he’d stop talking all the #$**& time.
Past his bedtime
Key!!!!
Play to win on the road 🙂
A thought on that Mitchell at-bat: This guy can’t find the strike zone, and knows they’re trying to bunt the tying run to third. Mitchell was late on two bunt attempts, trying to disguise it from the start. I don’t know why he didn’t show bunt the entire way, getting himself set early against a pitcher struggling to find the zone.
Doesn’t matter though, because Ke’Bryan Hayes is amazing.
We got this one. Tim, who’s coming up? Gamel’s out, Chavis is out. . . . Who’s getting the call tonight, I mean, this morning?
Is there still a taxi squad travelling w team?
Trying to disguise the bunt was futile because the Padres were probably thinking the same thing I was, and assuming that whatever the dumbest thing to do was, Shelton would do it.
It wouldn’t surprise me to hear Shelton say he wanted Mitchell to K to ensure they couldn’t intentionally walk Hayes 😉 Or maybe Brown will say that for him.
Yes, alls well that ends….
How about that👏👏
Play for the win. Fuck this bunt shit.
Shelton has an uncanny ability to come up with the wrong strategy.
He was built for those moments!
Fortunately, Key says “Eff Shelton’s strategery.”
The 9th was our model for success–talent will need to overcome the incompetence of the managing.
Exactly. You play to win on the road and tie at home. I don’t know what this bunting shit is.
Yup
Diego’s out at second wondering, Does he even know who I am?
It is strange with all the lefties in the lineup and Castillo showing that he’s not overmatched that we’re not seeing him in the lineup more. I give Shelton credit for sticking with Suwinski but he should have been doing the same with Castillo.
No shit. Better than Castro, VanMeter, Marcano and yet he sits.
F U Shelton!
WTF did Shelton get Yerry up for, just to show he’s not locked in the closet.
Wow get somebody that has these guys ready to play. Mitchell has to call Chavis off on that.
This is ’62 Mets comedy hour
Cal Mitchell has a “Gregory Polanco after having shoulder surgery”-level throwing arm.
Yeah, and was never moved to LF????????
Yeah not sure that teaching moment Tarik Brock gave him about fielding the ball is going to help much, lol.
Stratton comes through again……
Better teach Mitchell to play 1rst with that arm
Strange that they haven’t tried this given his arm, the prospect depth in the OF, and the lack of depth at 1B. But of course Shelton and Cherington believe that you can introduce players to new positions in the majors, so maybe that’s still to come.
Somebody needs to tell Peters the Cocker Spaniel look only works if you throw strikes
Pirates’ catchers now on a 2-for-47 (.043) tear. Takes a unique eye for talent to assemble a duo like that.
And the painful thing is I really don’t have any other options available right now.
They’re paying for BC punting the off-season. He’s really done a terrible job.
Give Taylor Davis a chance, I mean who cares.
Shoot, Sangy would be better.
Anybody have a theory on what is wrong with Hays? No power and his fielding has become …..erratic.
This didn’t age well.
His power is due to his swing. IMOof course. He lets the ball get so deep that he bats like a left handed pull hitter. Sometimes he even shanks the ball.
He doesn’t look at all like the power line drive machine he was as a rookie. They said he was fully recovered from the hand injury but you have to wonder. How much longer does this go on before it becomes a major concern.
Lower back issues.
Some of his most damaging errors this year looked like lack of concentration or situational awareness.
Long term contract
Ever get to use it, so why not for a RBI dribbler!
Thanks, Joe.
Hayes’ vacuum is broken.
Defense hasn’t been a problem in the outfield
When they play outfielders, lol.
With vogelbach and chavis out, we currently have 3.5-4.5 somewhat competent/dangerous major league hitters. Need more depth there if we are going to score at all
Good at bat by Reynolds there. He looks different today…..
Huge AB imo, can almost see the confidence starting to come back for him
Well, he looked good for two at bats.
A smart team will try to acquire Brubaker–with his stuff I think he’d be the next pitcher to take a big step forward once he had the chance to work with a better coaching staff.
He needs to do what Holmes did, simplification of his arsenal and location. Sinker, slider, change bottom of the strike zone.
So I guess there’s gonna be a Beede sighting today……
Well he left Yerry in the closet last night and brought Underdog in to blow it so if it’s close tonight he will try to bridge Stratton to Bednar. We’ll see Yerry next blowout.
Just thinking what Musgrove, Taillon, Cole, Morton have done after leaving Pirates…..all TOR guys now! Morton’s a little off this year, but no denying last 5 years. Neal really could identify talent although Cole and Taillon were really easy consensus picks.
So where am I going with this……well is it even possible that BC hits on so many TOR pitchers?
Hopeful for one or two…..Roansy has a chance.
Not sure I see anybody else. And this years draft is hitter-heavy.
Who is the “unexpected now” MI-fer that goes for a pitcher trade. I think Bae…
It’s possible. He’s having a great season so far and he does things running the bases like Reynolds but actually better. He’s lights out better at second than Tucker or Newman and much better offensively. I saw him really run down some balls playing center also.
Of course Brown simply thinks the poor play in the field is “bizarre” instead of actually suggesting that it’s a symptom of poor coaching (focus, preparation, etc.)…then proceeds to repeat Shelton’s excuse that they’re missing Newman and Perez.
cal mitchell hits the cutoff man
respect
Someone said last night……candy arm…….true true.
PFP is a foreign concept to the Pirate organization?
Fielding practice in general only occurs out of position
I know very small sample size, but mitchell’s hard hit rate is over 50%. Even if not always translating to hits shows he’s fighting up there
Stay with that sinker Brubaker, stay with it and ditch that 4 seamer.
VanMeter knows the clock is ticking. He’ll figure out a way to atone tonight
They actually traded a 20 year old pitching prospect for VanMeter which considering Pirate pitching woes is baffling to me no matter how much or how little that prospect is regarded.
You mean that 20-year old who has 28 K’s vs. 8 BB’s in 27.1 IP and a 2:1 GO/AO ratio? Who needs a pitcher like that?
I was just looking at his season, lol. Going like, WTF?
Scary Pirate lineup but unfortunately not for the Padres.
Someone rationalize how this lineup wouldn’t be not only better but easily doable and far more useful for long term development.
SS Cruz
RF Mitchell
3B Hayes
CF Reynolds
1B Martin
LF Gamel, at least for now
2B Castro
DH Suwinski
C Perez, because someone has to catch
Just a couple of phone calls and some rational thinking would make it happen. Some might say it will happen soon, but who can tell. It could have been today or even yesterday or last week but it hasn’t happened for reasons only the privileged few who hold power can say, and they just continue to say the same old stuff. “He’s still got work to do.” “We’re happy with where he is.” Meanwhile the Pirates start a first baseman who needs a map or GPS to find the bag. Oh well, I guess.
can’t see Castro’s value . . . sorry . . . Bae or Castillo, maybe?
I still think Bae is a guy you want with all that speed and he has power can play outfield and 2nd base very proficiently.
Bae not on 40 man roster
I understand that but if he keeps playing like he is he should be!
And risk losing Tucker or Hembree or Newman or Fletcher, you crazy, sir.
The last couple of hits I saw Tucker have in Indy were of the dinky variety, lol.
I saw the AAA game today, he is lost at the plate. Have resisted the call to cut bait, but I’m on board now.
I think he can be a major leaguer but I think that’s going to take getting a fresh start somewhere else.
Waiting to see how VanMeter handles some of those errant missiles coming from Rodolfo, lol.
Somewhat related to Musgrove starting against us tonight, Mackey has an article up about Holmes. The short version is that it’s the same old story–the Yankees were able to help Holmes make a couple of tweaks while also putting him in a better position to succeed which is what he attributes to an increase in his confidence and why he’s been able to live up to his potential.
He didn’t say anything critical of the Pirates but this quote says a lot…”the change of scenery was pretty good, especially when you’re sharing a locker room with guys who expect to be in the playoffs and want to be here because they want to win a World Series”
Holmes is now the Yankees closer. Repeat that a few times to let it sink in. 1 run allowed in 26 IP. I’ve watched a couple of his outings, including closing last week. Just tough as nails in high leverage situations with tying/winning run on base. I’ll always remember Wehner saying Holmes had the best stuff on the team.
He’s got 99 and helluva lot of movement. Nothing he throws is straight. Really happy for him, I was always his biggest fan.
Imagine a rotation of Musgrove, Taillon, Brubaker, Quintana, and Keller (or someone better) with Holmes closing. Of course this assumes we’d have made better coaching hires who could have brought out the same quality out of Musgrove, Taillon, and Holmes. Then to really suspend reality, imagine Nutting paying to extend those three.
We wouldn’t have as much talent in the minors of course but we could still look forward to Mitchell, Martin, Cruz, Peguero, Davis, Gonzales (though I’m not expecting much from him), and of course we’d still have Hayes and Reynolds to build around.
You’re not seeing the big picture here, we have Josh VanMeter playing first base😖
Bednar > Holmes
By what measure? It’s a dead heat at best.
It’s sad to say but I can’t blame anyone that’s glad to get out of this organization. I didn’t say Pittsburgh because most players on all the sports teams like the area!
The whole culture shift will hopefully happen naturally as we start to see more success, but they need to target a vet FA or two who can contribute on the field and boost the culture off of it. Martin/burnett, etc were invaluable in the last run for that reason and it will need to happen again
This new pitching strategy is awfully similar to the last, trying to make everyone a four seamer or pitch up when this is not your strength, just like everyone throw a sinker and a slider even if it isn’t your strength.
Cantina is responding
why all this messing around?
call up Mason and Oneil
Playing first and batting 5th, ‘Josh Rodriquez’!
Love seeing their confidence in cal to have him batting leadoff after just hitting second! On the other hand, dont love who is starting at first… I certainly do not love JVM but he really is never put in position to succeed with how much he’s just thrown into poor situations
So much for BC and DS bullshitting us with there “we put the team and players in position to win and succeed” or some such nonsense.