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Starter Spotlight: Cut Up Randy – Steel City Pirates
6-1-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With the first two months of the season in the books, the Pirates are eager to cut their losses and look forward to the next chapter of the year. Can they continue their recent surge of offense to complement the strong pitching they’ve been running out lately? They…
Starter Spotlight: Cease’s Pieces – Steel City Pirates
5-31-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Despite a rough month where the Pirates have won just 9 of 27 games, the team will look to end May on a high note against the struggling former Cy Young-winner, Dylan Cease. Cease enters play today with a 1-3 record and 4.58 ERA through 11 games, striking…
Starter Spotlight: Learning To Pivot-ta – Steel City Pirates
5-30-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X We finally saw what happens when everything is clicking for this Pirates offense as they scored 19 runs over the final 13 innings of the series against the Diamondbacks. If they can get even close to that level of production, with this pitching, they’ll have a chance in…
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (21-36) at San Diego Padres (31-23) – Steel City Pirates
5-30-2025 – By Josh Poe – @DaRealHanYolo on X The Pirates travel to San Diego this weekend to take on the Padres. The Padres have been on an interesting run as of late. They are winners of 4 out of their last 6. Pretty good, right? However, they lost all of the previous 6 games to this…
Starter Spotlight: Attack Zac Where He’s At! – Steel City Pirates
5-28-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After an improbable comeback victory last night, the Pirates will look to keep the good vibes rolling today as they send Paul Skenes to the mound to face Zac Gallen. Just two years removed from being a Cy Young finalist, Gallen has tumbled quite a bit statistically, entering…
Starter Spotlight: Feel The Burnes – Steel City Pirates
5-27-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After being shutout for the MLB-worst ninth time yesterday, the Bucs look colder than cold and have a tough task ahead of them as they face former Cy Young winner, Corbin Burnes. Burnes is in his first season with the Diamondbacks after signing a 6-year, $210M deal this…
Starter Spotlight: Ryne Time – Steel City Pirates
5-26-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After a successful home-stand which ended on a bit of a sour note, the Bucs head to the Copper State to face the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have Ryne Nelson on the bump for the first game of the set. The Pirates battered Nelson a bit last time they…
Starter Spotlight: Logan’s Run – Steel City Pirates
5-25-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading into the final game of the homestead with a shot at taking 3 of 4 from the rival Brewers, the Pirates have been riding high on some late-game heroics. While they need to find a way to break-through against starting pitchers, runs may be tough to find…
2 Guys Talkin’ Trades A Keller of a deal? – Steel City Pirates
5-24-25 - By Justin Verno & Corey Shrader – @JV_PITT and @CoreyShrader on X Justin Verno- A trade rumor that involves a Pirate…in May? Corey, this is like Christmas in…well, May. I guess. Corey Shrader- You know, writing these pieces is usually a fun exercise in looking across the league and trying to connect dots. But the feeling of…
Starter Spotlight: Welcome Back, Priester – Steel City Pirates
5-24-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Game 3 of the weekend series with the Brewers and the Pirates will see the return of former Bucco, Quinn Priester - who was dealt at last year’s deadline to the Boston Red Sox before being flipped to the Brewers last month. Drafted in the 1st round of…
Starter Spotlight: Peralta La Vista – Steel City Pirates
5-23-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After finally breaking the 5 run mark, the Pirates will look to continue pushing the offense forward today but they’ll face a much tougher challenge today with Freddy Peralta on the bump, entering the day with a 2.59 ERA through his first 10 starts on the season. The…
The Current State of Pirates Pitching – Steel City Pirates
5-22-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X We are 50 games into the season and now seems as good a time as any to review the pitching - the good, the bad and everything in between. I'm sure I will dive into the offense - or lack thereof - at a later date but the…
Starter Spotlight: See You Soon, Civale – Steel City Pirates
5-22-25 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Mike Burrows will make his 2025 debut with the Pirates after a strong past few outings down at Indianapolis, certainly earning a spot in this rotation. Opposing him will see Aaron Civale, who returns to the mound today after spending much of the first two months of the…
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (24-26) at Pittsburgh Pirates (17-33) – Steel City Pirates
5-22-2025 – By Josh Booth – @bridge2buctober on X Milwaukee comes to town after winning a series against the struggling Baltimore Orioles. The Brewers had a good enough April, going 16-11. But so far in May, they are 8-11. They also dropped their 4 games in March. They have not been more than 2 games over .500…
Starter Spotlight: Brady Bunch Of Baserunners – Steel City Pirates
5-21-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It only took one run to get the win yesterday but the Bucs are hoping they can get more than that against the starter in the finale today, Brady Singer, who enters with a rough 5.01 ERA through his first 9 starts to the season. Singer has been struggling…
Starter Spotlight: Change Things Up On Martinez – Steel City Pirates
5-20-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Mired in the midst of arguably their worst season over nearly 75 years, the Pirates BADLY need a change. Instead, they will continue their series against Cincinnati as Nick Martinez toes the rubber for the Reds. After accepting a Qualifying Offer from Cincinnati this past off-season, Martinez is…
Starter Spotlight: Nick At Night – Steel City Pirates
5-19-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With both teams surging in drastically different directions, the Pirates welcome the Reds and former Pirate draft pick in lefty Nick Lodolo, who will be making his tenth start on the year as he comes into today with a 3.42 ERA through his first 52.2 innings pitched. Lodolo…
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (24-24) at Pittsburgh Pirates (15-32) – Steel City Pirates
5-19-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X While each team was part of a weekend rivalry sweep, things were certainly sunnier in Ohio for the Reds than in Philly for the Pirates. The Reds are riding a 4-game winning streak while the Bucs lost 5 of 6 in their road trip this past week and hope…
Starter Spotlight: Hit ‘Em If You’re Abel – Steel City Pirates
5-18-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It’s been a windy road to the bigs for Phillies pitcher Mick Abel, who was a first round pick and surged through the Phils system before stagnating due to injuries and inconsistency as he spent parts of the past three seasons at the top minor league affiliate before…
Starter Spotlight: Pop A Wheeler – Steel City Pirates
5-17-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The 2024 Cy Young runner-up, Zack Wheeler is looking to claim the crown this season as he enters with a 2.95 ERA, an NL-best 0.91 WHIP and a sharp 4-1 record over his first 58 innings pitched. The Bucs and Wheeler matched up multiple times over the years,…
Starter Spotlight: Southpaw Suarez – Steel City Pirates
5-16-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following a string season where Phillies starter Ranger Suarez posted a 3.46 ERA through 150.2 innings pitched, the limber lefty is looking to leap to another level. A recurring lower back strain delayed his start to the season but after a rough first outing, Suarez displayed some of…
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (15-29) at Philadelphia Phillies (25-18) – Steel City Pirates
5-16-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X While most fans of the team don’t feel there is much of a rivalry between the two Keystone state squads, it’ll be an east-versus-west weekend between the Battlin’ Bucs and the Phightin’ Phils in the City of Brotherly Love. The Pirates face an NL East team for the third…
Starter Spotlight: Mold Some Clay – Steel City Pirates
5-14-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It was only a few short years ago that Clay Holmes was a top pitching prospect in the Pirates system. After struggling to find success in Pittsburgh, he has found his niche in New York first as a shutdown reliever for the Yankees and now as one of…
Starter Spotlight: Seize A Kodai(k) Moment – Steel City Pirates
5-13-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following a close game last night that had a number of photo finishes, Pittsburgh will pivot to their next matchup. Unfortunately for them, it’s not an easy one with Kodai Senga taking the ball for the Mets, following up on his picture-perfect 2023 rookie campaign and entering the…
Starter Spotlight: Don’t Peter Out, Son! – Steel City Pirates
5-12-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With the Pirates on the road again, heading to Queens to face the NL East-leading Mets, they’ll see starting pitcher David Peterson, who is off to a strong start to his 2025 campaign. After breaking out last year with a 2.90 ERA over 121 innings of work -…
Gary’s Five Pirates Thoughts – NL East Swing Immediate Test for Kelly and Crew – Steel City Pirates
Gary Morgan discusses managerial changes in the Pirates, highlighting the need for better performance. He criticizes Derek Shelton's management while addressing team challenges, including calls for player call-ups and small ball strategies.
Starter Spotlight: Strikeouts For Sale – Steel City Pirates
5-11-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following an extra-innings loss where just about everything could go wrong for the team and they still barely fumbled the game away, they will head into the rubber match of the series today against defending Cy Young winner, Chris Sale. While his base numbers early on this season…
Starter Spotlight: Today’s Starter is A.S.S. – Steel City Pirates
5-10-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X I am fully prepared for the Pirates to get mowed down after a headline like this, especially given how the last outing went for tonight’s starter, AJ Smith-Shawver - who took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Reds on Monday night. Smith-Shawver is starting to solidify…
Series Preview: Atlanta Braves (18-19) at Pittsburgh Pirates (12-26) – Steel City Pirates
5-9-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following a busy off day where the Pirates finally gave the heave-ho to Derek Shelton, the team returns home to face the Atlanta Braves who, after scuffling out of the gate to an 0-7 start, have refound themselves, winning 15 of their last 21 games as they have…
Starter Spotlight: Bryce The Elder – Steel City Pirates
5-9-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Back home for a weekend series against the long-time rival Atlanta Braves, the Bucs will face off against the not-so-elder, Bryce Elder, who enters play today with a 5.06 ERA through his 32 innings of work this season. Elder had some early season struggles as he allowed 12…
The Ax Finally Falls – Steel City Pirates
5-8-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It’s finally happened. After 746 games at the helm where he lost 440 of them, Derek Shelton is officially out as skipper of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What Comes Next? Well, for starters, Don Kelly has been named the interim manager after working as Shelton’s Bench Coach since 2020.…
Starter Spotlight: Gray and Getting Grayer – Steel City Pirates
5-7-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X I’m bald. I’ve been bald for nearly 15 years - partly by choice and partly because of genetics mostly forcing my hand. But one thing that has been outside of both my and my genetics control is how quickly this team is turning what few hair I have…