PITTSBURGH 鈥� Batting average, once the gold standard for judging a hitter鈥檚 ability, has been marginalized in this era of data-driven baseball.It is indeed easy to make a case that on-base percentage and slugging percentage are two measures that significantly paint a better picture of a ...
Three Thoughts on the Pirates:1. Will Glasnow buck trend?The Pirates have stuck to the plan of not calling up any of their top prospects until at least the middle of June ever since Neal Huntington鈥檚 first full season as general manager in 2008.The Pirates always spin the reluctance of ...
Andrew McCutchen made Pirates history this past Tuesday night when he hit three home runs in a 9-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver.McCutchen became just the fourth player in franchise to have multi three-home run games, joining a trio of Hall of Famers in Ralph Kiner ...
For much of the early part of the 2016 season, most of the attention focused on the Pittsburgh Pirates has centered around a perceived lack of offense.The biggest reason for this mostly inaccurate perception has been the obvious power drought experienced by the entirety of the team鈥檚 ...
With the small-sample caveat of the season being barely more than three weeks old, the Pirates鈥� decision to use unconventional batting orders has been a success so far.The Pirates entered Monday night鈥檚 game against the Colorado Rockies at Denver leading the major leagues in on-base ...
Three thoughts on the Pirates:1. Zika fears warrantedA number of Pirates鈥� players are concerned about their trip to Puerto Rico at the end of May and the possibility of contracting the Zika virus.They have asked the Major League Baseball Players Association to look into the possibility of ...
