Smythe

There are various kinds of knowledge: If it has to do with #Pittsburgh sports there's a good chance... I could know it first. Follow and find out.

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@ThePoniExpress This aged well…

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@BaseballAmerica @YoungBucsPIT Fast track…? Pirates current major league fill in can’t hit…

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@MarkMaddenX "But if you attend Pirates games, you're stupid. If you watch Pirates games on TV, you're stupid. If you buy Pirates merchandise, you're stupid... Don't pay. Don't shoot." -Mark Madden-
The team is relevant now… you commit on it? Actually by your own statement, are you stupid?

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@BUCoachGriffin @MarkMaddenX People in this town have been trying to shut this man up for years. He knows hockey, baseball… he does not.

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@SNPittsburgh where is the white strike box on the broadcast?

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@starckie24 Who did this?

[Minor League Baseball @MiLB]

For it's 1 ... 2 ... 3 HOME RUNS FOR WYATT SANFORD!

The @Pirates prospect has a night for the @GSOHoppers:

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This Division is insane… The Cubs are now in last place. All NL Central teams with winning records.

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The Pirates got Spencer Horwitz practically for free folks!!!

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@Reds This very real IL stint for a player owed 8.75 million a year and 5 years of service time and then has to agree to go down to the minors… player is not at all suspect as he is hitting .142 in 2026. 🤔

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@Pirates Who’s going to over focus on the cone?

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@ThePoniExpress To learn is to encounter one's own ignorance.

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@YoungBucsPIT And yet still in Indy…

[Jonathan Mayo @JonathanMayo]

The @Pirates are promoting Murf Gray to High-A Greensboro; he’s expected to be in the @GSOHoppers lineup on Tuesday. #pirates No. 17 prospect had 1.042 OPS in 38 games with @The_Marauders

https://t.co/qJ7oQ7Bo9U

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@MLB “IL”

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@TalkinBaseball_ @A_Jude “IL”

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@YoungBucsPIT 4 HR in 8 @GSOHoppers games???

[Dugs @yuggs513]

KeyBryan Hayes is the worst Reds front office move of my life. Why?

Reds acquired KeyBryan Hayes on July 30th, 2025. At the time they were 57-52, 3 games out of a playoff spot. They were below average in nearly every offensive category at the time but for context they were 22nd in baseball in wRC+. They answered those qualms by trading for Hayes (among others).

At the time of the trade here is where he ranked amongst qualified 3B.

AVG: 13/16
OBP: 16/16
SLG: 16/16
OPS: 16/16
wRC+: 16/16
K%: 11/16
BB%: 16/16

And you are probably thinking to yourself, well, he must have just been having a really down year. Had to be a buy low, right? NOPE.

2024 (did qualify numbers so ranked amongst guys with 350 PA’s):

AVG: 26/34
OBP: 30/34
SLG: 34/34
OPS: 34/34
wRC+: 34/34
K%: 22/34
BB%: 25/34

2023:
AVG: 5/21
OBP: 20/21
SLG: 12/21
OPS: 14/21
wRC+: 17/21
K%: 8/21
BB%: 21/21

2022:

AVG: 16/22
OBP: 18/22
SLG: 22/22
OPS: 22/22
wRC+: 22/22
K%: 13/22
BB%: 14/22

We are not just talking about a bad offensive player. We are talking about a guy who for 3.5 years of professional baseball was the worst offensive player at his position in the sport AND IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE.

He would be considered a bad acquisition if he was being paid $500,000 and you got him for a bucket of balls from the Florence Freedom. But instead? He’s your 4th highest paid player on this years roster and you gave up a top 10 prospect to get him! Surely, this signing won’t impact the future tho. WRONG AGAIN!

Only Hunter Greene has more future money on the books than the 29 million (assuming team option is declined) KeyBryan Hayes is owed.

It was/remains a baffling move. There is no amount of defense that makes this move worth it. TJ Friedl is still playing CF because they traded for KeyBryan Hayes. The outfield was not addressed because of KeyBryan Hayes. Matt McLain has zero pressure because of KeyBryan Hayes. We are not yet 100 games into his Reds tenure and it is already an unequivocal failure. The manager is debating pinch hitting for the guy in the 4TH INNING OF MAY BASEBALL GAMES.

FIRE. NICK. KRALL.

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@yuggs513 @ChrisDokish 😁 You are welcome #LetsGoBucs

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