Buccos Cove

Coming off a sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Pittsburgh Pirates limp into San Francisco looking for a turnaround. After splitting a series at PNC Park earlier in the year, the Pirates are hoping to bring some of that magic to San Francisco. After winning or trying three straight series against the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates headed into Arizona looking to sweep the worst team in baseball. However, the Diamondbacks have had the Pirates number over the last several seasons, and not only did the Pirates not sweep the Diamondbacks, but they got swept themselves. The pitching faltered and the offense just had no answers as they were outscored 21-12 in the three-game series. It took all the momentum that the Pirates had, and shot it to the ground as the Pirates now have to limp into San Francisco. However, it was a similar scenario to what happened when a hot San Francisco Giamts team came into PNC Park early in the year. The Giant...

After performing above what many expected in the month of April, the Pittsburgh Pirates have come back to Earth a little over the past few weeks. As they look to right the ship, they will have a tough contest as they welcome the red hot San Francisco Giants into PNC Park for a four-game series. After having a stretch of winning or trying six straight series, the Pittsburgh Pirates have not had a good go of things lately. They have dropped each of their last three series to the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds and have seen their record go from a tightly 12-11 to its current mark of 15-21. The pitching has been solid over these last few weeks, but the offense has struggled to get anything going. They have scored two runs me less in seven of their last nine games, and just haven't been giving the pitching staff the offensive support they have deserved. Without consistent hitting, good pitching means nothing and that is a hard lesson this team has learne...

In 2009 the Pittsburgh Pirates went in a trading spree where they sent position players away left and right as part of their rebuild. One trade that looked like a win for the Pirates was when they sent second baseman Freddy Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants. Back in the 2004 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates made a trade for a young second baseman prospect by the name of Freddy Sanchez. Little did they know at the time, but two years later, he would win the National League batting title beating out Marlins third baseman Miguel Cabrerra on the last day of the regular season. He would go on to man second base for the Pirates for five and a half seasons and played solid baseball for Pittsburgh. He had a batting average over .300 three times in his Pirates career and was named a National League All-Star three times as a Pirate. However, the 2008 and 2009 Pirates were trade crazy as that started the rebuild that would help get the Pirates back to the playoffs during the 2013 seas...

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. If there is one thing that can kill a Major League Baseball player's career, it is the Injured List. Hundreds of players go on the injured list every year for things as minor as a scratch on their finger to as major as cancer. No one likes to go on the injured list, but some are just more prone to being injured than others. For Pirates catcher Andrew Susac, the injured list has been more of a home than he would like. He has been in the Majors since the 2013 season and has spent at least some time on the injured list every single season. After signing a Minor League contract with the Pirates this off-season, Susac is looking to stay healthy and provide ...

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. Nik Turley's road to the Pittsburgh Pirates could only be described as a roller coaster of highs and lows. He went from being drafted out of high school to MLB pitcher, to not appearing in a game over the last two years. As he enters the 2020 season, he is looking to put all of his struggles both on and off the field behind him and show the Pirates what he can do. He has been a member of the Pirates organization since 2017 but has yet to throw a pitch at any level of the Minor Leagues or the Major Leagues in his two seasons in the organization. The Pirates claimed Turley off waivers after he appeared in 10 games the season before with the Minnesota Twi...

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. With only two left-handed options currently on the active roster, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been stockpiling left-handed pitching talent. One of the guys they picked up last season was left-handed pitcher Williams Jerez after the San Francisco Giants designated him for assignment. Jerez spent a little time in the Pirates bullpen at the end of the 2019 season but was designated for assignment after the season. Jerez was able to clear waivers and earn invitation to Spring Training and is out to prove his worth to the Pirates organization. In six games with the Pirates last season, Jerez pitched to a 7.36 ERA in 3.2 innings of work. He gave up three earned ...

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. Taking a look at the projected 2020 starting rotation, you will see a lot of guys with good talent. Guys like Chris Archer , Joe Musgrove , and Trevor Williams have all had success in the Major Leagues and have shown they can compete night in and night out. However, many of these pitchers don't have a lot of MLB experience and are being thrust into the leadership role. The most experienced returner to the starting rotation is Archer with eight seasons of service time, but he is coming off a year that saw his stats take a turn for the worse. The Pirate's goal going into the off-season was to sign a veteran starting pitcher who could not only help w...

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. When Kyle Crick joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2018 he wasn't the most popular guy on the roster. He and Bryan Reynolds came to the Pirates in the trade that sent Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants signalling the end of an era that saw the Pirates make the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. Crick was able to alleviate some of those frustrations right away when he appeared in 64 games and pitched to a 2.39 ERA. Most of that work came in big game scenarios and won some big games for the Pirates making fans more open to the trade that sent their star player away. However, 2019 was a different story for Crick. In a season filled...