OnlyBucs

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...

Is anyone else extremely concerned about the Bednar situation?

I hope this isn't a lot more serious ... and the Pirates just aren't announcing it.

Everyone needs to remember ... Keller is a No. 1 starter only by Pirate standards.

On most teams, he would be a No. 3 or No. 4.

63-99

701 runs

Unfortunately I'm going with 63-99. Starting pitching is going to be terrible. We ignored it over the offseason, refused to open the wallets, and now we will pay the price. Keller would be a decent No. 3 on most teams. And we have a promising rookie. That's all we have. It's gonna be a long season. ...

I knew when the Pirates sent Skenes to the minors they would say he needs to "check some boxes" before he returns. So BC is basically saying that "the best pitcher in our system BY A MILE needs to go to the minors to check boxes." I continue to wish the Pirates would leave him al...

The problem is, the Pirates will trade him before they have to pay him. So we're not going to have him through 2029 (or 30) anyway. Around 2027 the front office will say "we can get more value for him now with 2 years left on his contract." So I'd go ahead and put him in the starting rotat...