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First Pitch: The Old Francisco Liriano Didn’t Stick Around For Long

Last Thursday, Francisco Liriano went out and pitched a gem, giving up two earned runs in 6.2 innings, but most importantly, striking out 13...

First Pitch: Why the Pirates Should Be Sellers at the Trade Deadline

The MLB trade deadline is a week away, and over the next week, we're going to see a lot of pitchers being connected to...

First Pitch: Breaking Down the Pirates’ Mid-Season Top 50 Prospects

On Friday, we released our Mid-Season Pirates Top 50 Prospect list. If you haven't checked it out, it's well worth the price of a...

First Pitch: Pirates Have Everything They Need For a Strong Rotation

The Pirates have had a starting pitching problem this year, but as I've written recently, they might be coming out of that mess and...

First Pitch: The Pirates Need to Remove Jeff Locke From the Rotation

I have a hard time writing about how Jeff Locke should be removed from the rotation. Locke has been an incredibly frustrating pitcher throughout his...

First Pitch: Weighing Scouting vs Stats in Prospect Rankings

Since day one, we've been called a sabermetric oriented site. That's true in most ways, as we embrace advanced metrics, including welcoming and exploring...

First Pitch: The Pirates Mid-Season Prospect Rankings Will Come This Week

This week, we are working on wrapping up our mid-season top 30 prospect list. The process of making a top prospect list is always...

First Pitch: The Pirates Are Starting to Have a Favorable Pitching Situation

The Pirates are about to be in a situation you probably wouldn't have expected a few weeks ago -- they're about to have too...

First Pitch: The Team the Pirates Should Be Trading With is Indianapolis

The first big trade before the deadline went down today, and continuing a trend the last few years, the price to add talent was...

First Pitch: Can The Youth Movement Take the Pirates to the Playoffs in 2016?

Last night I recapped the first half for the Pittsburgh Pirates, noting that their poor off-season approach in terms of pitching fueled some of...

First Pitch: Pirates First Half Pitching Woes the Result of a Horrible Off-Season

It's easy to come up with the biggest story in the first half for the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's pitching. Starting pitching. Relief pitching. Pitching...

First Pitch: Breaking Down the Second Half Roster Decisions For the Pirates

The Pirates didn't have the best first half, but it also wasn't the worst. They're just 1.5 games back from the second Wild Card...

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