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1. Wonder when was the last time the Buccos came back to win from 4 down in the 9th. 2. Gonzalez is REALLY making a difference on this team. 3. Bednar was clutch tonight. Is he getting back into a groove? 4. Cruz is a fascinating player. On the one hand he makes errors and sometimes looks like he do...

This is why Skenes needs to come up ASAP.

Because our ONLY chance to win is a shutout + 1 random fluky run somewhere along the way from the worst offense possibly in the history of baseball.

That's the Pirate formula.

Two things the Pirates can and should do TODAY in an attempt to turn around the disaster that is this season: 1. Call up Gonzalez. I have no idea if he'll hit this time at the MLB level. But I know he DESERVES another chance based on (A) He's raking at Indy; and (B) The major league offense is a nat...

One more fun fact ... the Pirates are 2 for 30 with RISP on this West Coast trip.

I realize I'm beating a dead horse and the Pirates are not going to do it, but IMO it's inexcusable not to call up Skenes to start on Wednesday night vs. the Brewers. We currently have a rotation of 4 starting pitchers. We have an MLB-ready and No. 1 prospect who is NOT being challenged at AAA but i...

The good news is, we combine our "poor track record of developing hitters" with our equally poor track record of developing pitchers, and that gives us a really special franchise. We have two ELITE legit No.1-caliber pitchers in our system right now. One is in the minor leagues as we wait ...

If the Pirates were actually trying to win -- which they are not -- they would have held Skenes back for a day and started him tonight on 5 days rest and let him go 5 innings.

Of course with this offense Skenes could have thrown a 9-inning shutout and the scored would be 0-0 going 10th.

Skenes next start has to be in Pittsburgh.

He's the best pitcher in the system ... BY A MILE.

And if the pitch count is going to be something like 59, let him get those 59 pitches in PIttsburgh.

The Pirates need to make him the No. 1 starter and then keep the pitching coaches far away from him.

If the Pirates wanted to win Jones would have gone at least 7 innings tonight, and Skenes would be up within the next week. That's what most normal teams would do. The Pirates are not normal. I have always been fearful that the Pirates would screw around with Skenes (and now Jones for that matter) a...

My biggest problem with the Pirates right now is this: If the team is trying to win this season, as it alleges, quit running Bailey Falter out there and bring up Skenes. Skenes is the best pitcher in this organization BY A MILE (maybe not a mile ahead of Jones, but a mile ahead of everyone else). He...