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• Starter Spotlight: Flushing Schmidt

9-29-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Final game of the season as the Pirates vie for a potential sweep of the Yankees in the Bronx with the opposing starter pitcher, Clarke Schmidt, facing off in game 162. Despite spending more than three months on the injured list due to a right lat strain, SchmidtContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Flushing Schmidt "...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Rookie Rumble

9-28-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Showdown today between front-runners for Rookie of the Year in both leagues as Paul Skenes and the Pirates face the Yankees and their rookie starter, Luis Gil. Gil has posted a strong first full season in the big leagues with a 15-6 record and 3.27 ERA over 146Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: Rookie Rumble"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Almost Ro-Done

9-27-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Pirates head into the final series of the year taking on the Yankees and veteran southpaw, Carlos Rodón – who is having a bounce-back sophomore season in pinstripes after his lackluster first-year foray in New York. Following a 6.85 ERA over 64.1 innings of an oft-injured 2023, RodonContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Almost&#...2024
• Starter Spotlight: Ambush Aaron

9-26-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Final home game of the season today with the Bucs sparring once more with Aaron Civale. The Pirates have faced Civale twice this season – once while he was still with the Rays on June 23rd and once only a few weeks later on July 11th, following aContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Ambush Aaron"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Get Ready For Freddy

9-25-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Facing off against Freddy Peralta today, older brother of one-time Pirates prospect, Luis Peralta, and perennial tormenter of Bucs bats. Peralta has appeared in 21 games against the Pirates in his career and holds a 2-1 record with a 3.56 ERA over 78.1 innings, striking out 91 andContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Get Ready For...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Return of Myers

9-24-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates open up their final home series of the season as the NL Central division-winning Milwaukee Brewers come to town with Tobias Myers on the bump for game 1. Myers previously faced the Pirates twice this year: once on April 23rd where he pitched 5 frames ofContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Return of Myers"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Ring The Bellozo

9-9-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After splitting a 4-game set with the Nationals, the Pirates will welcome the Miami Marlins to town. Their rotation has been ravaged by injuries throughout the year with rookie righty, Valente Bellozo, making his 10th start for the Fish, entering with a 3.78 ERA and 2-2 record overContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Ring The Bel...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: The Cask of Luis Castillo

8-16-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The thousand injuries of Castillo I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. – Edgar Allen Poe (paraphrased from ‘The Cask of Amontillado’) After FINALLY breaking the losing streak last night, the Buccos will look to start a winning one inContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: The Cask of ...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Keep Pressing On Peterson

7-6-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After a franchise-best 7 home runs last night in the 14-2 rout, the Pirates finally fronted an offensive explosion and will look to repeat that feat today against southpaw David Peterson. A torn labrum in his left hip required surgery, delaying Peterson’s start to the 2024 season butContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Keep Pressing O...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Getting Schwellen-bach To Business

6-30-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Looking to avoid being swept to close out June, the Pirates will face Braves #3 prospect per MLB Pipline, Spencer Schwellenbach. Schwellenbach was a 2nd round pick by the Braves in 2021 and was aggressively promoted through the system. After needing Tommy John surgery following being drafted, SchwellenbachContinue reading "Starter Sp...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Walker Buehler

6-6-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X As the Pirates look for a sweep of the visiting Dodgers, they will face off against Walker Buehler – who is looking to make up for lost time after missing most of 2022 and all of 2023 due to injury and an eventual second Tommy JohnContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Walker Buehler"...2024
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• Cutch Hits 2K and Keller has 7 Ks as Bucs Best Mets 2-1 (34-30)

6/11/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter 14 years and 7 days. Five different teams. Overcoming injuries and moving primarily into a DH-role. Now, Andrew McCutchen joins the 2,000 hit club as its 290th member. McCutchen notched his 1,999th hit on Friday night on a third inning, infield-single to shortstop. He wasn’t able toContinue reading "Cutch Hits 2K and Keller ha...2023
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• Cedric Mullins Hits for Cycle as Orioles Down Pirates 6-3 (21-18)

5/12/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter A game which seemed to be very winnable throughout the night came crashing down when Mullins hit a 3-run home run in the 8th inning to finish off the cycle on the night. He had previously singled in the third, tripled in the fifth and doubled inContinue reading "Cedric Mullins Hits for Cycle as Orioles Down Pirates 6-3 (21-18)"...2023
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• Defending Champion Houston Astros Trounce Bucs in Series Opener: (6-4)

4/10/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter Reeling from losing Oneil Cruz on Sunday, the Pirates scuffled on Monday night, dropping the opening game of the Astros series 8-2. It was announced earlier in the day that Cruz had surgery to repair his fractured left ankle and would be out for 4 months. RoansyContinue reading "Defending Champion Houston Astros Trounce Bucs in Seri...2023
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• Assessing the Southpaw Situation

3-10-23 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter The old adage of “never having enough arms” is never more true than when your only proven left-handed relief pitcher goes down with an injury in spring training. Jarlin Garcia, signed this past off-season, appears slated to start the season on the injured list. In recentContinue reading "Assessing the Southpaw Situation"...2023
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"1-10-23 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Last week, I looked at the outfield, breaking down the myriad of options and illustrating the options and difficulties at filling the three positions (four, counting bench player) on the grass."

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"2-22-23 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter With Spring Training off and running, I decided to dive into the roster and try to determine who could be a breakout player in 2023."

• Starter Spotlight: Holler For Oller

9-10-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With a chance to seize a series win today, the Pirates elect to throw a bullpen game against opposing starter, Adam Oller, who was initially a 20th round draft pick by Pittsburgh in 2016. Entering play today with a 4.15 ERA over 4 starts with the Marlins thisContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Holler For Oller"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Looking To Cobb-le A Series Win

9-1-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Looking for a chance at a series win against a strong Guardians team, the Pirates will square off against Alex Cobb, who has spent much of the 2024 season the injured list between the San Francisco Giants and a trade deadline deal which sent him to Cleveland. TheContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Looking To Cobb-le A Series Win...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: The Boyd is Back in Town

8-31-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Looking to even the series, the Pirates face veteran lefty, Matthew Boyd, who joined the Guardians on a mid-season free agent contract after spending most of his career with division rival, Detroit Tigers. Boyd struggled to find a contract entering 2024 after posting a 5.45 ERA in 15Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: The Boyd is Ba...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: A Piratey Reunion

8-14-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X In the midst of a historically awful slump, the Pirates will face a familiar foe in opposing starting pitcher, Martín Pérez – who spent the first four months of this season as their teammate before a deadline deal shipped him out to San Diego. Perez had a solidContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: A Piratey Reunion"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Getting Schwellen-bach To Business
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• Starter Spotlight: Nick LodoLOL

6-18-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With a chance to earn a series win, the Bucs bats will have to face-off against a former Pirates draft pick in Nick Lodolo. Entering today’s game, the southpaw has a 7-2 record, 2.93 ERA, 1.06 WHIP with 62 Ks to 15 walks. He’s won each of hisContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Nick LodoLOL"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Shades of Gray

6-12-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Signed to a free agent contract for 3 years, $75M this past off-season, Sonny Gray was an AL Cy Young runner up in 2023, finishing with a 2.79 ERA, 3.64 xFIP and 2.83 FIP. This year, the 34-year old has seen a small spike in his ERA to 3.29 butContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Shades of Gray"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: James Paxton
6-5-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following a win in the opening game last night against the flame-throwing right-handed pitcher, Tyler Glasnow, the Pirates will look to keep rolling against contact-oriented southpaw in James Paxton. The veteran Paxton joined the Dodgers as a free agent this past offseason, providing a steadying presence despite notContinue reading "S...2024
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• Series Preview: Cubs (22-16) at Pirates (17-21)

5-10-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X We waited for not even 9 months but the day has nearly arrived: Skenes Day! That’s right, 2023 first overall draft pick, Paul Skenes, will make his MLB debut on Saturday to a likely PACKED PNC Park and face division rival Chicago Cubs. This is a matchup ofContinue reading "Series Preview: Cubs (22-16) at Pirates (17-21)"...2024
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• Spring Breakout Preview

3-13-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X When it was announced this past off-season that MLB would be holding spring scrimmages strictly involving prospects, it seemed inevitable that the Pirates and Orioles would be two of the teams playing in spotlight games. Both teams have built up their farm system through trades and draft over the pastContinue reading "Spring Breakout Preview"...2024

• Starter Spotlight: Lynn Again

9-17-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Old man Lance Lynn has tormented the Pirates over the years despite his below average stats and stuff. That has continued in his return to the Red Birds this year as he started the game against the Pirates on 6/13 where the Cardinals won 4-3, and on 7/23,Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: Lynn Again"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Dun Dun Dunning

8-19-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading west hoping for better results than their last road trip as the Pirates will try building on their weekend series win against the host Texas Rangers and starting pitcher Dane Dunning. A former first round pick, Dunning has struggled to live up to the first round hype,Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: Dun Dun Dunning"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Glas-Now We’ve Done It

8-11-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Pirates have now dropped 3 consecutive series, losing 8 of their last 9 games, including six straight, as they have tumbled down the standings in their worst stretch of the season. They will look to avoid back-to -back sweeps this week in the final game of the DodgersContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Glas-Now We’ve Done It"...2024
• Starter Spotlight: Manaea Matchup

7-7-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Following a short-lived southpaw showdown yesterday between Bailey Falter and David Peterson, the Pirates will face-off against one more lefty in Sean Manaea. Manaea, in his first year with the Mets after his first 8 seasons on the west coast, has provided solid results thus far in hisContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Manaea M...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Searching for a Savvy Start Against Sevy

7-5-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X While the Pirates have lost 4 of their last 6 games to teams above them in the wild card standings, they hope to turn things around today. With the Mets coming to town, who themselves have been mired in a bit of a slump as they too haveContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Searching for a Savvy Start Against Sevy"...2024
• Starter Spotlight: Not Your Grandfather’s Gibson

7-2-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It’s been nearly 50 years since the Cardinals had a starting pitcher with the surname Gibson – and while today’s starter doesn’t have the hall of fame trajectory of his predecessor, the Pirates will still have barriers to beating their opponent in tonight’s match: Kyle Gibson. Signed thisContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Not ...2024
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• Bullpen Struggles Continue As Bucs Swept, Lose 8-4 (41-52)
7/16/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter The old quote of “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results” really seems to hit home when a scuffling offense with clear areas of struggle sees no change after the All Star Break. Austin Hedges caught two gamesContinue reading "Bullpen Struggles Continue As Bucs Swept, Lose 8-4...2023
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• Starter Spotlight: Love Herz

9-6-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Looking to build off momentum from a series-opening win last night, the Pirates will face southpaw DJ Herz tonight, who enters with a 2-7 record and 4.09 ERA through 70.1 MLB innings this season. But that is a bit deceiving as he’s improved over time and underlying numbersContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Love Herz"...2024
• Starter Spotlight: Flexin On Flexen

7-13-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X With a series-opening victory last night, the Pirates will look to keep the momentum going this afternoon against Chris Flexen, who has struggled out of the White Sox rotation with a 4.95 ERA through 91 innings this season. A bit of a journeyman, Flexen, on his third teamContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Flexin On Flexen"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Not Your Grandfather’s Gibson
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• Starter Spotlight: Flushing Schmidt
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• Starter Spotlight: Rookie Rumble
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• Starter Spotlight: Almost Ro-Done
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (89-67) at Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83)

9-24-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After clinching the NL Central for a second straight year, the Brewers are hyper-focused on post-season but will need to finish up the season against the Pirates, who have nothing to lose at this stage in the year. That doesn’t mean the Brewers will necessarily let up againstContinue reading "Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Greene Means Go!

9-22-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X For the sixth time this month, the Pirates failed in scoring more than 1 run in a game; and for the 11th time, they failed to do this against the opposing starter on the day. Can they find a way to break through today? They’ll have to doContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Greene Means Go!"...2024

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• Starter Spotlight: Shaken Martinez

9-20-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading into the weekend series in Cincinnati, the Pirates will face Nick Martinez again, who started against the Bucs in their August 25th matchup, pitching 3 innings and allowed 2 runs (1 earned) off 5 hits with no walks and one strikeout. This was a spot-start for Martinez,Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: Shaken Martinez"...2024
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• Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (72-81) at Cincinnati Reds (74-80)

9-20-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Two teams with post-season ambitions in the spring are now locked in the race to the bottom of the NL Central division this week with the Cincinnati Reds hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates for a weekend series. Both teams are coming off rough series losses, with the Pirates droppingContinue reading "Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (72...2024
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• Series Preview: Miami Marlins (54-89) at Pittsburgh Pirates (67-76)

9-9-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X It’s been a race to the bottom for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and visiting Miami Marlins, though both have shown up a bit more as of late with each team having won 4 of their last 7 games. Both teams have a bottom-of-the-barrel offense as the Pirates rankContinue reading "Series Preview: Miami Marlins (54-89) at Pittsburgh Pirates...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: Bottle of Jameson

9-2-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X As the calendar turns to September, the struggle continues for the Pirates – who have now dropped 21 of their last 29 games, battling to avoid a last place finish instead of contending for a playoff berth. They’ll have the wrong kind of Jameson tonight in a rematchContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Bottle of Jameson"...2024
• Starter Spotlight: Cody’s Showdy

8-20-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Pittsburgh wasn’t quite able to complete the comeback in game one but will try again tonight against the Rangers and starting pitcher, Cody Bradford. Bradford enters play tonight with a perfect 4-0 record with a 3.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 33 strikeouts to just 6 walks in hisContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Cody’s Showdy"...2024
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• Starter Spotlight: The Great Gilded Gilbert

8-16-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading back home after a horrendous road trip, the Pirates will host the Seattle Mariners, who themselves were just swept by the Detroit Tigers. Their offense is inconsistent but their starting pitching has been the best in baseball, posting a rotational ERA of 3.23 and fWAR of 13.7Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: The Great Gild...2024
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• Series Preview: Pirates (56-61) at Padres (66-53)

8-12-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X While the Pirates pathetic playoff potential has plummeted, the Padres push past pitching pitfalls to plunder…victories. You get where we’re going with this. The Pirates have lost 9 of their last 10, including being swept by these same Padres at home last week while San Diego has surgedContinue reading "Series Preview: Pirates (56-61) at...2024
• Starter Spotlight: A River Runs Through It
8-10-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Mired in a 5-game losing streak – their longest of the season, the Pirates have quickly dropped out of the playoff race and are now just desperately trying to get back in the win column. But it’s never easy when you’re facing the Dodgers, and they’ll have toContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: A River Runs Through It"...2024

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