Jung Ho Kang returned with a bang.Kang hit two home runs Friday night to power the Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals at St. Louis after being activated from the disabled list prior to the game.It was an impressive return from a knee injury sustained last September that was so bad it ...
Three thoughts on the Pirates:<strong>1. Who will catch in 2017?</strong>Elias Diaz underwent right elbow surgery this past week and will likely be out until the All-Star break.That won鈥檛 affect the Pirates this season as the catching prospect was expected to begin ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Batting average, once the gold standard for judging a hitter蘑菇视频 ability, has been marginalized in this era of data-driven baseball.It is indeed easy to make a case that on-base percentage and slugging percentage are two measures that significantly paint a better picture of a ...
Three Thoughts on the Pirates:1. Will Glasnow buck trend?The Pirates have stuck to the plan of not calling up any of their top prospects until at least the middle of June ever since Neal Huntington蘑菇视频 first full season as general manager in 2008.The Pirates always spin the reluctance of ...
Andrew McCutchen made Pirates history this past Tuesday night when he hit three home runs in a 9-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver.McCutchen became just the fourth player in franchise to have multi three-home run games, joining a trio of Hall of Famers in Ralph Kiner ...
For much of the early part of the 2016 season, most of the attention focused on the Pittsburgh Pirates has centered around a perceived lack of offense.The biggest reason for this mostly inaccurate perception has been the obvious power drought experienced by the entirety of the team蘑菇视频 ...
