The MLB regular season is seven weeks old now and teams are beginning to solidify their positions in the standings. This is especially true for teams that will not compete for the postseason. Through 40 games, teams begin knowing what they are going to be this season. While it remains the middle of May, front… read more

Coming into the 2024 season, the NL East was expected to be a two-team race. The Atlanta Braves were expected to have an edge with the Philadelphia Phillies fighting for a title but well in the hunt for a Wild Card. Over the first six weeks of the season, it is clear that the Phillies… read more

Lost in all the hoopla over the Major League debut of pitcher Paul Skenes on Saturday was the fact that the Pirates didn’t seem to have much else going for them. The Buccos went into Saturday’s game losers of 20 of their previous 28. Yes, they did get the win on Paul Skenes Day (just… read more

The Colorado Rockies have gone streaking. Considered one of the worst teams in baseball this season, the Rockies had an abysmal first month of the season that carried into the early goings of May. They set historically bad records and struggled mightily as a team but they were able to finish their homestand with a… read more

The Cubs traveled to Pittsburgh over the weekend and took two of three from the Pirates. While the Pirates are not very good, they do have two of the most exciting young pitchers in baseball. Chicago faced both in this series. The first was Jared Jones on Friday. The Cubs were able to manage seven… read more

There is no party like a Pittsburgh Pirates party, at least that’s what pitching phenom Paul Skenes is likely thinking after making his much-anticipated MLB debut vs. the Cubs at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon. How anticipated was the debut for Skenes, the number-one overall pick in the 2023 amateur draft? Not only did he… read more

Is my headline a bit hyperbolic? I don’t think it is. Can you name a more anticipated debut for one of Pittsburgh’s professional athletes? I guess you can make a case for the NHL debut of Penguins center, Mario Lemieux, on October 11, 1984, against the Bruins at the old Boston Garden. Like Skenes, Lemieux… read more

The Pittsburgh Pirates have finally made the decision. They are calling up Paul Skenes to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Chicago Cubs. The Pirates selected the big right-hander out of LSU with the first-overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. After much speculation about whether Skenes would make the Opening Day roster,… read more

The Colorado Rockies continue to remain in the worst funk as a team as the struggling San Francisco Giants, who entered the game fresh off a sweep by the Phillies and have gone 1-6 on their road trip, settled behind Kyle Harrison as they blanked the Rockies 5-0 at Coors Field. It was the sixth… read more

Mitch Keller pitched his second-career complete game, as the Pirates defeated the Angeles, 4-1, at PNC Park on Monday evening. Keller threw 109 pitches–including 75 for strikes–and allowed five hits and one walk while striking out five Los Angeles batters on the night. It was the first complete game in almost exactly one year for… read more