Perhaps it鈥檚 finally time for skeptical Pirates fans like me to finally get off General Manager Neil Huntington鈥檚 back.While the 46-year-old certainly didn鈥檛 give the team鈥檚 supporters much reason to trust him during the first few seasons after his hire in 2007, a third-straight trip to ...
The Pirates return home to wrap up the regular season tonight with at least a shot of winning the National League Central.FanGraphs rated the Pirates鈥� chances of overtaking the St. Louis Cardinals and capturing the division crown at 10.7 percent entering Sunday鈥檚 play while Baseball ...
<strong>Three thoughts on the Pirates:</strong><strong>1. Hats off to Huntington, Hurdle</strong>Late one night a few years back at the Winter Meetings, a group of us stood in the hotel lobby pondering the question of which baseball writer ...
Two of the more difficult aspects of baseball to quantify are defense and base running, though sabermetricians have come up with metrics in recent years through their study of advanced data.Defensive runs saved (DRS) is a statistic calculated by Baseball Info Solutions that rates players as ...
Hard to believe now but there was a time in April when a certain segment of fans and media were calling for the Pirates to change closers.That was back on April 21 when Mark Melancon blew a save against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park. It marked the second in eight days he had allowed three runs ...
If the Pirates are going to achieve their goal of winning 鈥� on even reaching 鈥� the World Series for the first time since 1979, they are going to have to win some postseason games on the road.The American League champion will have home-field advantage in the World Series by virtue of the AL ...
