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3pirates3 wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 4:41 pm Contreras the odd man out? - https://twitter.com/KevinGormanPGH/stat ... 6211888426

DFA'd.

Jared Jones might be the most exciting rookie pitcher in MLB this year. In 8 starts he has never given up more than 3 runs. In 47 innings, he's given up only 34 hits. He's walked only 7. His WHIP looks like a misprint: 0.872. He's struck out 56. But he's only 2-4. One of those two wins was a 1-0 gam...

Doc, analyzing it further, the Pirates have drawn the 3rd highest amount of walks in MLB. Only the Dodgers and Yankees have walked more. Those teams have batters who scare opponents and get pitched around. But the Dodgers also lead MLB in runs scored and the Yankees are 8th of 30 teams. What have th...

I'm as guilty as anyone for taking some of my frustrations out on the players, but I shouldn't. They're just not very good major league players. What we're getting from them is about what they're capable of doing. Occasionally, someone will do something out of the ordinary, like get an extra base h...

This was the 23rd game in a row where the Pirates scored in 2 or fewer innings.

Doc wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 1:03 am Bellinger ties the game with a two out double. Sure would’ve been nice having him in our line-up instead of Taylor or Tellez, but I digress.

Bellinger didn't get an RBI for that. Runner was out by a mile at home and Grandal dropped the throw.

Looked like a terrible strike call on Reynolds with the ball well above the pitch trak box. I'm all for robo ball/strike calls but the box displayed on the screen never moves. A batter can be short or tall, or bat from a crouch or upright position and the box never moves. I replayed that call on Rey...

No Hayes again tonight. Sat Wednesday. No game Thursday. Sitting Friday. What a life!

3pirates3 wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 10:14 pm https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/ ... iants.html

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... da01.shtml

Cherington never misses a chance to add someone who's been DFA'd.

Fun fact about the second Hal Smith. ST.L. catcher who retired abruptly in June 1961 at age 30 when diagnosed with a heart problem. Was a coach for the Pirates in 1965 Pags, Crandall and Virgil were all hurt. Smith was activated, started a game on July 1 and appeared in 3 other games within the week...