Mandatory Credit: Aubrey Washington /Allsport The Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals played an exciting game on Tuesday, one that featured a pitching duel between young ace Paul Skenes and veteran starter Lance Lynn. In the end, the Cardinals came out on top and handed Skenes his first career loss. It wasn’t, by any…
(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has taken the baseball world by storm, and the young flamethrower is quickly becoming the must-see player in Major League Baseball. It has been just over two months since Skenes first stepped on the big league diamond, and he has already made a giant imprint…
Mandatory Credit: Aubrey Washington /Allsport The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a promising first half of the MLB season and the franchise has new life due to the emergence of a couple of incredible young starting pitchers Jared Jones and Paul Skenes. Skenes is 6-0 and will be starting in the All-Star game next week, but…
Mandatory Credit: Aubrey Washington /Allsport For years, the Pittsburgh Pirates were drowning in mediocrity. Every season since 2018 has yielded a sub-.500 record. The team just wasn’t very talented, and the organization didn’t always make the best effort with winning in mind. Things are starting to change, though. We are finally starting to see a…
(Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) The 20-55 Chicago White Sox are possibly the worst team in MLB. They are not going anywhere and won’t be competitive for a while. On the other hand, the 36-38 Pittsburgh Pirates are finally starting to see the light after years of mediocrity. They are far from perfect, but…
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our own observations. This is the fourth year we’re delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see in the…
(Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) Paul Skenes is what you call a franchise-changer; a player who is so good and impactful that he can turn an organization like the Pittsburgh Pirates into real contenders. The Pirates were among the league’s worst in recent years, but drafting Skenes with the No. 1 overall pick in…
(Photo by Rick Osentoski/Getty Images) Over the past 5-10 years, the role of the starting pitcher has diminished, and the days of every team having an ace or multiple must-watch starting pitchers have gradually become a thing of the past as pitchers rarely throw a consistent seven innings per start or 200 innings per season…
Welcome back to Top of the Order Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. After an interminable wait for Pittsburgh fans (read: under 10 months), the Pirates on Wednesday finally announced they…
(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) The Pittsburgh Pirates took right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft. Some specialists said that even at that point, Skenes was ready for the big leagues. A series of circumstances limited him to 6.2 innings in the minors last year, but…
