Pirates vs. Cards - 7/23 - Game Thread

SteadyFreddy · Post by **SteadyFreddy** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:27 am

Tommy Edman is quickly falling in line as one of those new Cardinals young players who come up and just kill the Pirates both with the bat and the glove. He seems like he has just tortured the Pirates this last week they have played them.

SteadyFreddy · Post by **SteadyFreddy** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:36 am

Man has Bell looked awful at the plate recently. What is he swinging at so far in this game tonight??

INbuc · Post by **INbuc** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:45 am

Dang nice performance by Stratton. Need some runs to make him a winner.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:45 am

was this Stratton's best game with the Bucs? Still not convinced he is better than Holmes.

JollyRoger · Post by **JollyRoger** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:57 am

With this loss and with the Reds winning 9-0; the Pirates will sink to the bottom of the NL Central where they will remain for the rest of the year. Goodbye 2019 baseball season; hello Steelers training camp.

SteadyFreddy · Post by **SteadyFreddy** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:57 am

The death spiral after the break continues. The Pirates are now 2-9 since the All Star Break. The season continues to slip away as the Pirates are going to find themselves completely buried in the standings in another week or so if things don’t change and change in a hurry.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:01 am

7E5B58584D665B535146340 wrote: With this loss and with the Reds winning 9-0; the Pirates will sink to the bottom of the NL Central where they will remain for the rest of the year. Goodbye 2019 baseball season; hello Steelers training camp.

everybody in NL but Marlins will have a better record than the Bucs.

SteadyFreddy · Post by **SteadyFreddy** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:15 am

This team is just not good enough it needs major changes in both the personnel in particular the pitching staff and bullpen and major changes within the coaching staff which starts with Hurdle.

gileszee · Post by **gileszee** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:08 am

Things won't change until Scrooge McNutting sells the club.

steve49 · Post by **steve49** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:41 am

103D30212637206063520 wrote: Another great game from Archer. 6 IP, 4 ER, 2 HRs. Now we can wait for his post game remarks about what great stuff he had.

What do you guys want from Archer ? His fastball doesn't cut it. There was talk of him being "fixed" as he dropped his 2 seam FB all together. That's great as it was getting killed. What very few mentioned was he wasn't doing all that much better with the 4 seemer. It's lost about 2 MPH from a couple years ago and gets hit at an alarming rate.

You guys can talk about him being a "head case " and this and that. The man is no longer that good at baseball. He can't keep his fastball from getting slaughtered . What should he do

Other words he is what he is and it's probably not going to get a lot better. IMO opinion he's now a # 5 ... 4 at best.