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Starter Spotlight: Business of Misiorowski – Steel City Pirates
6-25-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates are in the business of misery but still have the chance at a series victory if they can prevail against rock-star rookie, Jacob Misiorowski who enters play today with a pristine 2-0 record, a 1.64 ERA and 0.55 WHIP. After surging through the minor leagues over…
Two Guys Talkin’ Trades: It’s Closing Time – Steel City Pirates
6-25-2025 – By Jud Verno – @JV_Pitt on X and Corey Shrader - @CoreyShrader on X Justin Verno: Another early edition of 2 Guys Talkin’ Trades? This is getting out of hand. And with the Boston Red Sox moving Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, the timing here feels right. Corey Shrader: In late May, MLB Trade…
Starter Spotlight: Five Nights At Freddy Peralta’s – Steel City Pirates
6-24-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After claiming victory yesterday, the Pirates will shift their focus to a very familiar face in today’s game as they will take on Freddy Peralta in his 24th game against the Bucs - the most of any opponent for the veteran righty. Peralta has been a picture of…
Starter Spotlight: No, This is Patrick! – Steel City Pirates
6-23-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After getting a rare offensive breakout in their game yesterday, the Bucs will look to keep the magic alive on the road as they travel to face the Brewers and rookie starter, Chad Patrick. The 26-year old righty has a 3-7 record with a 3.50 ERA and 1.28…
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (31-48) at Milwaukee Brewers (43-35) – Steel City Pirates
6-23-2025 – By Drew Cagle - @_dcagle on X I'm back on for an NL Central preview, and apparently so are the Buccos' bats. After a resounding 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday at PNC Park, the team hits the road to do battle with the wild-card Milwaukee Brewers. Pittsburgh is looking for a…
Starter Spotlight: Not A Leiter-Weight – Steel City Pirates
6-22-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X When the Pirates had the 1st overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, there wasn’t a runaway favorite selection. Sure, there were some high-upside high school bats like Marcelo Mayer and Jordan Lawler but there were multiple outlets predicting the Pirates to take the Vanderbilt righty, Jack Leiter.…
Starter Spotlight: Between a Rocker and a Hard Place – Steel City Pirates
6-21-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After a tough opposing starter in multi-Cy Young winner, the Bucs will hope they can have more success against a struggling starter in Kumar Rocker, who has tossed 28.1 major league innings this year with a 7.31 ERA and 1.69 WHIP entering the day. The rookie Rocker has…
Starter Spotlight: deGrom is Still de Goat! – Steel City Pirates
6-20-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Back home after a long day yesterday that ended on a high note and the Pirates will host the Texas Rangers and Jacob deGrom, who makes his first start at PNC Park since a ho-hum dominant performance on September 7, 2022. After missing most of his first two…
Series Preview : Texas Rangers (36-39) at Pittsburgh Pirates (30-46) – Steel City Pirates
6-20-2025 – By Corey Shrader - @CoreyShrader on X The Texas Rangers roll in to town this weekend giving Pirates fans a chance to see an extremely talented American League club. Despite their underwhelming 2025 season to date, the Rangers are 6-4 in their last 10 & boast an impressive array of talent. Looking at…
Starter Spotlight: Holton Out Hope – Steel City Pirates
6-19-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates have already dropped 5 of 6 on the road trip but are hoping to avoid being swept in game 2 of the double-header in Detroit, who projects to be another lefty to start in Tyler Holton. Holton enters play with a 4.09 ERA over 33 innings…
Starter Spotlight: Skubal-Dooby Doo! – Steel City Pirates
6-18-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After struggling to piece together much against Casey Mize yesterday, the Pirates will have an even tougher challenge today in defending AL Cy Young-winner, Tarik Skubal. Selected 254 picks after yesterday’s starter in the 2018 MLB Draft, Skubal has been inarguably the best starting pitcher in MLB the…
Starter Spotlight: Les Mizerables – Steel City Pirates
6-17-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After another series of ineffective offensive output, the Pirates will have at least one day more of strong pitching against as they are facing the Tigers and starter Casey Mize, who enters today with a 6-2 record and a 2.95 ERA through 61 innings pitched. The former first…
Starter Spotlight: Should We Colin The Rea-inforcements? – Steel City Pirates
6-15-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Is it time for the calvary to arrive? Do we even have a calvary? After scoring just 5 runs in the first 3 games, the Pirates need to dig deep and find a way to break out some more offense with Mitch Keller on the bump opposing Cubs…
Starter Spotlight: Boy, Oh Boyd! – Steel City Pirates
6-14-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Pittsburgh managed to squeak out an extra-innings victory against the Cubbies and will try to get another win today facing lefty veteran Matthew Boyd for the 2nd time this year. The journeyman southpaw is in his 11th MLB season and, so far, is playing some of his best…
Starter Spotlight: Ace of Cade – Steel City Pirates
6-13-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After a close one last night, the Pirates will look to punch back tonight against Cade Horton, who enters with a 4.11 ERA with 25 strikeouts through his first 30.2 innings this season. The rookie righty and Cubs top prospect was Chicago’s first round pick in the 2022…
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (28-41) at Chicago Cubs (41-27) – Steel City Pirates
6-12-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates have been riding high after a 6-3 home-stand and winning 13 of their last 21 games. The Cubs, despite leading the NL Central by a sizable margin, have stumbled lately as they have lost 4 of their last 6 games and haven’t taken a series against…
Starter Spotlight: Another Shot Of Jameson – Steel City Pirates
6-12-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The oft-injured, two-time Tommy John surgery-recipient Jameson Taillon while with the Pirates has been the picture of health over his time since leaving the Steel City as he has 28 or more starts in each of the past four years and is on pace to make it a…
Starter Spotlight: Cal Me, Maybe? – Steel City Pirates
6-11-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates will look to win the rubber match in the Marlins series before heading on the road to Chicago tomorrow as they’ll face veteran Cal Quantrill, who enters today with a 3-6 record and 5.63 ERA over 54.1 innings pitched. Much of Quantrill’s struggles were in the…
Starter Spotlight: Sandy Toes, Sorry Woes – Steel City Pirates
6-10-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X On to game two after an offensive explosion by the Pirates with another Marlins starting pitcher still reeling from Tommy John. Sandy Alcantara will toe the rubber as he tries to get things right but it’s a season that has been going so very wrong. Among all MLB…
Starter Spotlight: An Eury Sight – Steel City Pirates
6-9-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates are in unfamiliar territory as they are looking to follow-up on their first sweep - and first three-game winning streak - of the season as they welcome the struggling Miami Marlins to town. While the Pirates have been raising the Jolly Roger this weekend, the Fish…
Starter Spotlight: Sweet Cris-mas! – Steel City Pirates
6-8-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates will try once more for their first sweep of the season, one of the few teams in MLB who have yet to achieve this feat. To do that, they’ll need to go through Cristopher Sanchez, who has been one of the best starting pitchers in the…
Starter Spotlight: Go, Go, Power Ranger – Steel City Pirates
6-7-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates walked it off last night after a bullpen battle for both sides but will have to contend with a much more established starting pitcher for today’s game in Ranger Suarez, who enters today with a perfect 4-0 record and sparkling 2.72 ERA through his first 36.1…
Starter Spotlight: Bullpen Battle Time – Steel City Pirates
6-6-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading to Philly after a late-night loss has the Pirates looking to face a bullpen game with Joe Ross, who is looking to make his first start for Philadelphia. He enters play today with a 2-1 record and a 4.34 through 29 innings pitched. Fans shouldn't expect Ross…
Series Preview: Philadelphia Phillies (37-25) at Pittsburgh Pirates (23-40) – Steel City Pirates
06-06-2025 – By Josh Booth - @bridge2buctober on X These two teams met up in the middle of May in Philadelphia. The Phillies swept the Pirates in a weekend series that kicked off a 9-game winning streak. Granted, that winning streak was against the Pirates, Rockies, and Athletics. After winning a series against the division foe,…
Starter Spotlight: The Gambler Framber – Steel City Pirates
6-5-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After trading ‘3-0’ games, the Pirates will look for the series win against the Astros today facing their lefty ace, Framber Valdez, who is 5-4 with a 3.12 ERA through 12 starts this season but his reliance on pitch-to-contact is certainly a risky one at times. In his…
Starter Spotlight: Once More With Gusto – Steel City Pirates
6-4-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following yet another shutout performance by the anemic offense, the Pirates will look to fill their sails tonight against rookie Ryan Gusto, who has a 3-2 record and 4.62 ERA through his first 39 MLB innings. Gusto has been thrust into a starting role due to injury woes…
Starter Spotlight: Culling McCullers – Steel City Pirates
6-3-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Back home in Pittsburgh after a solid road trip as the Pirates welcome the Astros and veteran starter Lance McCullers Jr., who is looking to get back to normal after missing more than two full seasons. Injuries have plagued the Houston starter who had Tommy John Surgery in…
Series Preview: Houston Astros (32-27) at Pittsburgh Pirates (22-38) – Steel City Pirates
6-3-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X While the Pirates and Astros don't face off nearly as often as they did when Houston was still part of the National League Central Division, there's still the undertones of rivalry among the two teams who have faced off 715 times previously with the Pirates claiming victory in…
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…