@JMackey_PGH Skenes seems to have fallen in love with his off speed stuff when he could and should be using his power more. Am I mistaken about his approach?
@Younger19791@dannykanell Do that. I’m not passing myself off as a public person bc I was a backup QB for 5 minutes. He cannot compare with Wilbon in the arena where he’s trying to play. Keep up:
The vibes around the Pirates could not be worse. Rentals playing over young guys. No one truly important showing any improvement. The small market team you should be equals with lapping you in every aspect. The GM is still here. And we have a month-plus of this garbage. 🚮
@BobSmizik Don’t trust him at all. Many teams need what the Pirates have to offer. He must learn the lessons of Cole, Taillon, Holmes, Marte, Musgrove, etc, and make these teams pay. No more Smith-NJigbas, Hoy Parks or Colin Morans.
@joe_block@Stathead Joe: the pitching has been great but you cannot win mlb games scoring 1-2 runs on 3-4 hits every day. Can you please ask GMBC if there is any likelihood that he will acquire a real mlb bat?
If the Pirates don't figure out a way to make one run scored stand up for a victory, this is going to be a very, very long season for them. Can't believe the offense they are running out there night after night. GM really should resign.
@Pirates it’s not a “slump”. The team isn’t “struggling”. There aren’t any “indicators” that things are going to get better and it’s not because of injuries. The players are bad. The team is bad. This team has no shot and you knew all of this coming into the season.
Pirates have lost 6 in a row and 10 of their last 12. They’re 12-25. They haven’t scored more than 4 runs in a game since April 22. PR disasters left and right.
And the owner’s doing nothing about it. Embarrassing.
@_NoahHiles BTW, I’m not advocating for position flexibility. It drives me crazy how there are so few set positions or a set lineup bc Shelton always thinks he can build a better mouse trap. But you’d think if they were going to replace Joe with another Joe, they would have maintained that
@_NoahHiles Can you put this to Cherington and ask him why he thought the team would be better when he did nothing to improve the offense from last year? Example: swapping out Connor Joe for Tommy Pham. Pham IS Joe but 5 years older, with no position flexibility and a bad temper. 🙄
This is the prevailing thought around MLB, just not New York, about the Pirates. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone in the game asks "what are they doing in Pittsburgh?"
Jeff Passan on the @ChrisRoseSports Baseball Today podcast talking about the Pirates' terrible offseason, not capitalizing on Skenes, fans deserving better, and why it doesn't have to be this way for Pittsburgh.
This is a must-listen.
With the #Pirates on pace to lose 111 games, the manager’s job should be in jeopardy. But considering the stupendously inept talent level available to him, Sheltie doesn’t deserve full blame. The real villain in this tragedy is the GM, who’s long overdue for dismissal.