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First Pitch: Bullpen Rankings Around Baseball

Fangraphs has continued their series of ranking teams by position, moving to the bullpen on Tuesday. In yesterday's First Pitch, they had the Pittsburgh...

First Pitch: Starting Rotation Rankings

In yesterday's First Pitch, I included a link to the updated starting pitcher rankings for Fangraphs. As a quick refresher, the Pittsburgh Pirates had...

First Pitch: Pirates Head to Cleveland for Their Second Exhibition Game

Tonight is game two of the three-game exhibition schedule for Spring Training 2.0. The Pittsburgh Pirates are taking on the Cleveland Indians at 7...

First Pitch: A Look at the DH Spot for the Pirates

Fangraphs has been ranking teams by the strength of positions across baseball recently. We covered that in two of the last three First Pitch...

First Pitch: Exhibition Season 2.0 Opens Up Tonight

Tonight is the first exhibition game of Spring Training 2.0, as the Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Cleveland Indians at PNC Park at 7...

First Pitch: More MLB Position Rankings

Yesterday we looked at position rankings from Fangraphs, which were based on their projections for the 2020 season. The Pittsburgh Pirates did poorly overall...

First Pitch: A Look at MLB Position Rankings

If you're a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, just skip to the section below with the preview of today's other articles. Trust me For the...

First Pitch: Derek Shelton and Justin Meccage Discuss Pitching and Defense

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton and bullpen coach Justin Meccage met with the media and discussed pitching, defense and pitching coach Oscar Marin, who...

First Pitch: Live Games are Almost Back

As you probably saw yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced their three exhibition games for Spring Training 2.0, so we will have live baseball in...

First Pitch: Unofficial and Official Exhibition Games

While it still hasn't been announced yet, Cleveland Indians media is now reporting that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Indians will meet up in three...

First Pitch: Derek Shelton’s Thoughts on Bryan Reynolds, Approach to Analytics and More

MLB Network had Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton on yesterday and asked him about getting the managerial job, the feel around camp, Bryan Reynolds...

First Pitch: MLB Releases 2021 Schedule

On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball released the 2021 schedule. It seemed a little early to release it so I checked with last year's...

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