Can We Get A COMON?
By Joe Smeltzer Every notable Pirate that’s went somewhere else over the past several years has a different story. Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte left having reached their full potential. Pedro Alvarez and Josh Bell left showing flashes of greatness, and nothing else. Pitchers Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow left a system that failed them, and now… look at them.
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By Joe Smeltzer If Ben Cherington didn’t walk into baseball hell, he walked into the next worst thing. Two Novembers ago, the Pirates were a slop fest. They still are, in a way, but that’s just on the field. In 2019 there was slop here, there and everywhere. On the field, the team lost 93 games. In the locker room,
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By Joe Smeltzer Pittsburgh has good reason to miss Josh Bell. He came to the big leagues just as the Pirates were beginning their descent from a fine wine to a warm can of Dr. Pepper. We haven’t had too many reasons to smile over the past four years, but there were times when Bell was one of them, especially
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By COMON Network Team The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded first baseman and slugger Josh Bell to the Washington Nationals, reports say. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was the first to break the news. The Pirates acquire two right-handed pitchers from the Nationals for Bell, according to Mackey and ESPN’s Jeff Passan, among others. The two hurlers are ranked No.
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By Ryan Simpson In the latest episode of Trevor Bauer’s offseason blog, which every baseball fan should be watching, Bauer and his agent Rachel Luba talked about the MLB offseason. Bauer proposed several different ways that the MLB could “spice up” the offseason to be on par with the NBA’s. Agent Luba talks about the recent player grievances against teams
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By Ryan Simpson On November 10, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they hire John Baker as the new director of coaching and player development. As someone who has been critical of the Pirates player development/coaching staff in the past, I am THRILLED by this move. Allow me to explain why Baker is just the guy to help GM Ben Cherington
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By Joe Smeltzer and Ryan Simpson Dave Parker had one of the coolest nicknames in baseball history, and was a pretty good player too. In fact, for a few years, it looked like “The Cobra” might go down as one of baseball’s greats. At the age of 28, Parker, standing at 6’4 with a physical build that many NFL
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Pirates (18-39) 7 def. Chicago Cubs (32-25) 0 WP: Chad Kuhl (2-3) LP: Alec Mills (5-5) SV: N/A In one of their most dominant performances of 2020, the Pirates rode four home runs and another strong starting pitching effort to a 7-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Thursday afternoon at PNC Park. Pittsburgh’s first,
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Pirates (17-39) 2 def. Chicago Cubs (32-24) 1 WP: Trevor Williams (2-8) LP: Kyle Hendricks (6-5) SV: Richard Rodriguez (4) All of the evening’s runs came in the first inning on solo home runs as the Pirates bested Chicago for the second-straight night. After Anthony Rizzo homered in the top of the first inning
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Pirates (16-39) 3 def. Chicago Cubs (32-23) 2 WP: Richard Rodriguez (3-2) LP: Andrew Chaffin (1-2) SV: N/A The Pirates won a game for a change tonight, beating the Chicago Cubs 3-2 at PNC Park. Pittsburgh got the scoring started in the bottom of the second on a double by Erik Gonzalez, and added
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