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2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:34 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
Respectable split vs the Phils and took a series against the oriels. Cocaine Mitch got 7 innings. I’ll most definitely take it.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:39 pm
by faftorial
Respectable split vs the Phils and took a series against the oriels. Cocaine Mitch got 7 innings. I’ll most definitely take it.
Why do you call him that? I get that MM from KY was called that.

He deserves better.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:41 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
I’m going to start calling Marco Gonzalez little Marco too

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:19 am
by genoscoif
Respectable split vs the Phils and took a series against the oriels. Cocaine Mitch got 7 innings. I’ll most definitely take it.
Why do you call him that? I get that MM from KY was called that.

He deserves better.
Especially considering he's one of the more calm and soft spoken players on the entire team.
Although Benzodiazepine Mitch doesn't really roll off the tongue, so...

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:24 am
by King Colby
Little Marco is on the DL with a forearm strain. Not great

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:31 am
by MrKennethTKangaroo
Should be interesting to see how they handle his spot in the rotation. My heart says give the shot to priester but my mind says who cares about priester he is just a guy

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:37 am
by Troy Loney
Vince Velazquez part 2.

It was a long shot for him to be an every fifth day guy coming off the injury he had. But I'm sure they were hoping for more than 2.5 weeks on the active roster.

I think I would try to stretch Ortiz out first (over Priester). They need to start moving guys out of the bullpen if they can, Borucki will be back, and I assume Mlodzinski will be up soon as well. They already have Roansy stashed there, they don't need him and Ortiz taking up space.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:46 am
by willeyeam
I’m going to start calling Marco Gonzalez little Marco too
I call him lil Marco bc of this meme

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2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:55 am
by Troy Loney
With Taylor reverting back to his mean. The only guys with meaningful playing time that are exceeding their expectations by decent margins are Joe and Olivares (and Olivares just because he has 3 HR in a SSS).

The two guys that significantly underperforming are Suwinski and Davis, and I think both of their peripherals indicate that things could turn around. They both have really low BABIP and high BB rates. Davis has a high K rate, but not out of control. Suwinski's is really low for him. I don't think either of them have any business batting under .200, so I think we could see some more production from them.

Cruz is struggling, but really no choice but to stick with it and hope he can figure out off speed pitches.

Hayes and Reynolds are obviously not MVP caliber players anchoring the lineup, but they providing capable production in those crucial spots, where 1-9 things are fine.

Knowing that the rotation is pitching over its head right now, so expecting regression there, the things I want to check back in on at the end of the month.

Reynolds and Hayes both over .750 OPS still.

Cruz OBP > .300

Suwinksi & Davis BA > .200

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:50 pm
by willeyeam

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:10 pm
by Troy Loney
They did immediately win seven in a row after being 9-7.

Problem was that they went into Tampa at 20-9, got swept. Then came home and got swept by the Blue Jays.

The upcoming schedule is:

3 @ NYM
3 BOS
4 MIL
3 @ SFG
3 @ OAK
3 COL

Four tweeners (NYM, BOS, MIL, SFG), then two matchups where we are clear favorites (OAK, COL).

It'll be interesting to see who their first series loss comes against.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:46 pm
by Dickie Dunn
First series loss will be against the Brewers

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:22 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
Pirates losing to a series to the brewers? Not a hot take.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:56 pm
by Troy Loney
I think they drop one of the next two. The Mets one will be very annoying because they will have the advantage at starting pitcher every game. Kind of like how the first loss of the season was Keller versus Trevor williams

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:51 pm
by Sam's Drunk Dog
Chapman has been bad recently.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:13 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
That was a calamity

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:30 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
Also Henry Davis has a bad swing

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:31 pm
by willeyeam
Jared Jones is a dawg

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:39 pm
by Beveridge
Why only 59 pitches for Jones?

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:41 pm
by Troy Loney
Guessing they didn’t want him going through the lineup a third time, and also likely looking to manage the workload.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:41 pm
by willeyeam
These **** pussies

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:45 pm
by Troy Loney
Cruz is painful to watch right now

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:01 pm
by Troy Loney
Truly remarkable how the offense and the bullpen suck, and it’s the rotation that is the only good part of the team.

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:11 pm
by willeyeam
Well at least we saved Jared Jones from throwing less pitches than my 7th and 8th graders are allowed to throw

2024 Pirates Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:47 pm
by Dickie Dunn
Imagine if someone on this team could actually hit.