Andrew McCutchen has traditionally been a slow starter throughout his eight-year career.The Pirates star center has a career batting average of .255 in April but then rises to .314 in May, .316 in June before tapering off slightly to .305 in July, .296 in August and .278 in September. His OPS ...
The spotlight was squarely on Neil Walker on Tuesday when the New York Mets played the Pirates in a doubleheader at PNC Park.It marked the second basemanĢƵ first visit since the Pirates traded him last Dec. 9. Adding to the storyline was that Walker grew up in the North Hills, was the ...
PITTSBURGH — Neil Walker has found that playing for the New York Mets is different than for his hometown Pirates.Not better necessarily, just different, after being traded last December for left-hander Jon Niese.Walker was the Pirates’ first-round draft pick in 2004 from Pine-Richland High ...