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Gajtka: Numbers Say Pirates Fans Aren’t Dead, Just Hibernating

The numbers beggared belief, but they were real. According to reporting by Maury Brown of Forbes.com, of the 29 Major League Baseball franchises, the Pirates attracted...

Williams: Do the Pirates Have an Issue With Drafting or is it Development?

I have yet to see a study that shows the Pirates can't draft. Let me clarify that. I've seen studies showing the WAR results from...

Williams: The Latest Example MLB’s Massive Difference For Big and Small Markets

In one of my final years as an Orioles fan, I was sitting in my dorm room, getting ready to leave for winter break,...

Williams: Where Are the Pirates Exceeding and Falling Short of Projections?

Every year I do an analysis prior to the season using ZiPS projections and my playing time analysis to get a projected record for...

Williams: The Pirates Desperately Need to Find a Way to Gain Some Trust

The Pirates need some trust. I wrote that following the 2015 season, before the offseason had really begun. They won 98 games the year before,...

Gajtka: Clint Hurdle Remains Face, Voice Of Pirates … For Now

Who's the face of the Pirates? If that sort of figurative, unanswerable question appeals to you, it's a heck of a debate as we pass...

Williams: The Pirates Won’t Win Until They Realize That MLB Has Seen Some Big Changes

The perception of the Pirates has long been massively different inside Pittsburgh than outside Pittsburgh. For years, I've seen arguments in Pittsburgh about how the...

Saunders: Pirates Need to be Honest with Themselves and Fans

About every other month or so for the last three years, a member of the Pittsburgh media has asked Pirates general manager Neal Huntington...

Williams: The Pirates Could Improve By Selling and Turning to the Farm System

There shouldn't be any questions about whether the Pirates should be buyers or sellers at the deadline this year. They're 38-42, 5.5 games back...

Saunders: Sean Rodriguez is Clint Hurdle’s Blind Spot

People are imperfect, even people who rise to significant levels of personal accomplishment. Regardless of how good, how talented, how insightful or how experienced a...

Williams: How Can the Pirates Fix Their Offense?

The Pirates called up their top hitting prospect, Austin Meadows, in mid-May. They've seen him put up a .343/.370/.588 line in 108 plate appearances...

Gajtka: Stats Play Role, But SABR Convention Much More Than That

PITTSBURGH -- A longtime columnist here in town recently asked if sabermetrics have taken the fun out of baseball. I'd rather devote my time to more...

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