Buccos Cove

As we await the start of the 2020 MLB season due to Corona Virus concerns, we will take a look at every player on the Pirates roster and outline what they will bring to the table and projections for the 2020 season. I hope this brings some positive reading to the current situation and helps us all as we wait for baseball. At the end of the 2019 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen was in need of some major reinforcements. Because of injuries and overall under performance by the starting pitching, relievers were forced to pitch more innings than they were used to. One of the guys who helped the Pirates make it to the end of the year was reliever Chris Stratton, who was acquirred from the Los Angeles Angels on May 11th 2019 after he was designated for assignment. Stratton started the season with the Angels where he appeared mostly as a starter for the club. He had a disastrous month of April pitching to a 7.11 ERA in four starts and his struggles continued into May when he ...

As we await the start of the 2020 MLB season due to Corona Virus concerns, we will take a look at every player on the Pirates roster and outline what they will bring to the table and projections for the 2020 season. I hope this brings some positive reading to the current situation and helps us all as we wait for baseball. Pirates reliever Dovydas Neverauskas's journey to Major League Baseball was one full of excitement and intrigue. He would be the first Lithuanian born pitcher to make it to the major leagues and, his minor league numbers made it look like he might have some success and open the door for many more Lithuanian born players to make their way to Major League Baseball. Neverauskas is only the second Lithuanian player to appear in a Major League game, Joe Zapustas was the other. However, Neverauskas's minor league success has not yet transferred to the Major Leagues, and resulted in the right-hander appearing in just 10 games last season. He started the 2...