Nate Empson

Blake Sabol = 🐐 Blake Sabols #1 fan since April 8, 2022

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

goat. @AltoonaCurve

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

won’t be long until he’s back up

[Behind the Bucs @BehindTheBucs]

Hunter Stratton threw his first outing back with Indianapolis this afternoon!

His line: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 SO.

Sat 96.4 mph on his fastball and added a cutter and slider. 42% whiff rate 👀

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

devers and chapman

for

garcia, barco, kelly, martinez, moss

[Ⓜ️arty @MartyOnFifthAve]

getting ugly in SF

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@OpenedCreation @JaredKatPA i don’t think we’ve ever talked.. i do t remember you’re profile at all unless you’ve changed recently

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@OpenedCreation @JaredKatPA 😀

[Jason Mackey @JMackey_PGH]

Jared Triolo has hits in 10 of his past 14: .273 in that time, 4 doubles, 3 RBI, 5 walks. Had a 12-game on-base streak prior to last night.

(Ducks for cover)

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@Washed2Pittman 😀

[Jason Mackey @JMackey_PGH]

Jared Triolo has hits in 10 of his past 14: .273 in that time, 4 doubles, 3 RBI, 5 walks. Had a 12-game on-base streak prior to last night.

(Ducks for cover)

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

People are MASSIVELY underestimating Jared Triolo.

Does anyone forget he literally hit .278 with a .777 OPS and 4 HR, 14 RBI, 12 2B, and 21 BB over his last 192 AB’s of the season.

(Took over for Ke’Bryan Hayes after deadline)

[Pirates of the Allegheny @OfTheAllegheny]

Worst case scenario:

Griffin starts in AAA and Triolo is our everyday 3B.

If Griffin breaks camp and hits it may help cover up the hitting deficiencies at 3B a bit.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

absolutely.

[Behind the Bucs @BehindTheBucs]

Pirates fans, would you do this trade for Matt Chapman?

Antwone Kelly #7
Esmerlyn Valdez #9
Easton Carmichael #16
Jeter Martinez #25

Leave your thoughts below ⬇️

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

i mean that’s a terrible call. through and through.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

Wyndham Clark is in the most obvious +5 final round situation I’ve ever seen.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

great we are about to lose paul skenes now too.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

let’s go with 35 from lowe, 30 from cruz, 20 from o’hearn, 15 from horwitz, 15 from termarr…

your numbers might be a touch too high

[Wayne Moody @WaymooMoody]

Man, if Termarr comes through big time, and we keep Lowe. Whew, what a lineup the Pirates will have. 40 HR’s from Lowe, 40 HR’s from Cruz, 30 HR’s from O’Hearn, 20 HR’s from Horwitz, 20 HR’s from Termarr, the rest is gravy. World Series baby.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@SlickRick241969 .245 with a .668 ops and .362 obp in june.

i’m taking that every day for a low lineup hitter.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

Pirates biggest fears, 2026 edition:

The bullpen
Left handed pitching

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

that’s spencer horwitz if i’ve ever seen it

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

Name this National League first baseman! 🔍

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

“underwhelmed”

36 G
3.58 ERA
1.17 WHIP
33 K
7 BB

yep. looks underwhelming to me.

[Nicholas Callas @CALLAS_33]

So the Pirates traded the equivalent of a solid backup catcher to the Braves to bring back a bullpen pitcher who had underwhelmed in his first stint with the team? Interesting

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

I know this is very unlikely… but

Garcia
Barco
De los Santos
Pick 34

For

Yordan

[Ⓜ️arty @MartyOnFifthAve]

Ken reporting the Pirates are open to moving comp round pick 34.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

if you take out 3 games in which he was thrown in the fire last year, he has a career 2.96 ERA

he threw 37.2 innings in 24 in which he threw to 3.58 ERA with a 1.17 WHIP with 33 K’s and 7 BB and only 2 blown saves.

Saying that he already sucked for us is crazy

[Steel City Scoreboard @Steelscores]

Is this trade the end of the world… no I get it Joey Bart is never gonna be like some all star catcher.

But he’s a solid back up hitting catcher and it’s crazy to trade him for an arm who already sucked for us. It just feels like a slap in the face.

It also feels like they are so desperate to keep Henry Davis on the active MLB roster who has the worst batting average in MLB history and pitchers used to hit better then.

So yes us fans are frustrated.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@BurghB17 trout did the same. some people play to play. others chase money. i love the loyal ones much more than the money ones

hopefully skenes, lowe, and o’hearn do the same with pittsburgh until the day they retire. one more bat and 2 or 3 BP arms and they are WS contenders

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

would’ve really liked to have seen a lower level prospect thrown in with stratton to us but overall i like this. dude is solid and there is just not room for joey bart

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

We have acquired right-handed pitcher Hunter Stratton from Atlanta, in exchange for catcher Joey Bart.

Stratton was assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis.

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

that robson might be nasty…

[Nutzy @Nutzypoo_ttv]

Mini Seasons

94 Tony Fernandez (10 hits any player)
Rodon (8 TB w/ Fernandez)
Napoli (10k w/ Rodon)
95 Burnitz (20k PXP)

[Nate Empson @NateEmpson26]

@oscar_t_grouche @Veno202 i agree with that 100% but why take out the konnor griffins in the game. the fact that they don’t come along all too often makes it even more special. that’s the entire point of it