Pirates Notebook: Andrew McCutchen Scratched From Lineup
Andrew McCutchen has missed only 10 games since the start of 2011. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
What a two months it has been for Starling Marte. The Pirates left fielder has evolved from a potential-packed-but-raw leadoff hitter to a possible All-Star.
Marte was set to have a day off before the team’s scheduled off-day Monday, but Andrew McCutchen is a late scratch due to right...
Pirates 7, Brewers 1
The Pirates beat the Brewers…again! I could get used to this. Thursday’s win was the Bucs third in a row and fourth in the last five games against Milwaukee.
Francisco Liriano made his second start (first at home) as a Pirate, and it was just as strong as his debut. After a shaky first in which the Brewers brought home one run, he settled down and kept them at bay through the...
The Curious Case of Starling Marte
Sabermetric Spotlight: The Curious Case of Starling Marte, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
The Reason -
How many times have you taken a look to check Starling Marte’s stats the past few games, waiting for his downfall to start? Shoot, the past two weeks or so I can count at least a dozen for myself. Which is why I decided it’s finally time to return to baseball writing and to dig into...
Anthony Rizzo’s Extension is a Good Guide For Starling Marte
Anthony Rizzo’s extension is a good guide for Starling Marte. Photo Credit: David Hague
On Saturday I wrote about how the Pittsburgh Pirates should extend Starling Marte, giving a price guide for a potential deal. Last night the Chicago Cubs extended first baseman Anthony Rizzo on a seven year, $41 M deal with two option years.
Coming into the season Rizzo had 0.168 years of service...
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Picks – Hitting
If you play season-long, weekly, or daily fantasy sports, it is important to find sleeper picks. Here are our top sleeper picks for hitting for fantasy baseball, including tips for daily fantasy sports. But act now, before somebody else picks these sleeper picks up.
Dexter Fowler – OF, Colorado Rockies
Fowler had seven HR, 10 RBI and 13 runs in his first 14 games. Fowler...
Pirates Should Extend Starling Marte – And Here’s a Price Guide
The Pirates should extend Starling Marte. Photo credit: David Hague
I was discussing Starling Marte on Twitter this afternoon with Travis Sawchik of the Trib and Charlie of Bucs Dugout, and we got on the topic of extensions. Marte currently has less than a year of service time, and at the end of this season he will have a little over one full year. We all agreed today that Marte...
Fantasy Baseball, Week 6 Roundtable: Sell-High Candidates
Six weeks of the baseball season has come and gone, so now is your opportunity hit the trade trail. Here is the Fix’s second round table discussion of the 2013 fantasy baseball season: sell-high candidates. Read it, then go convince your rivals to take on your overachievers. Be sure to check out last week’s “buy low” column, here. Enjoy!
Dexter Fowler | OF | Rockies by Gerard...
Pirates 7, Mets 3
The Pirates bounced back nicely from a couple of tough losses with a fairly dominating win on Friday night to even this weekend’s series at one game apiece. The game basically came down to Wandy Rodriguez pitching well, Shaun Marcum pitching poorly, and Garrett Jones having a monster night.
The Bucs jumped out to an early lead in a long and crazy top of the second inning. It started...
Pirates 7, Mets 3
Garrett Jones hit a three-run homer - a call that was correctly overturned by baseball's beleaguered umpires - and Wandy Rodriguez pitched the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night.
Jones doubled twice and leadoff man Starling Marte also had three hits for the Pirates, who improved to 4-13 at Citi Field. Pittsburgh had lost four of five overall...
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 35
When the Pirates had a chance Hurdle had other thoughts. He pinch hit for a pitcher that was cruising in the seventh and then effectively took the bat out of the top four batters in his lineup. Starling Marte sacrifice. Idiotic pinch hit for Travis Snider. First base open? Cutch isn’t getting a pitch. Who…
You Mad, Bro? Pittsburgh Pirates Edition
From Bucs Dugout Blog:
“eh, no Pirates’ TV never watched Mets’ broadcasters before”
“Mets fans dressed as empty seats”
“or are they empty seats dressed as Mets fans?”
“Buck batting 4th!!??!!”
“SOMEone’s gotta do it. They’re a hot mess.”
“Random Mets commentary notes. They’re not that bad to listen to so far honestly.”
“TV side is...
Fantasy Baseball Dingers and Stingers: May 8
If you drafted Starling Marte, you're probably doing pretty well right now. (Credit)
Week two of "Dingers and Stingers" includes an early-season high draft pick who hasn't lived up to expectations. Shall we?
Dingers:
Manny Machado (3B BAL), 84% owned in Yahoo! – Machado’s been one of the hottest players in baseball lately. He’s now up to .314 with 5 homers...
Pirates 4, Mariners 1
The Pirates grabbed an early lead and hung on to it for the rest of the game as they seemingly cruised to a victory over the Mariners on Tuesday night.
Aaron Harang entered the game with an ERA north of 8, and early on it was easy to see why. After Starling Marte beat out a dribbler to start the bottom of the first, Travis Snider and Andrew McCutchen both hammered consecutive RBI...
Fantasy Baseball Week 6 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep
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It’s better late than never for the Week 6 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3. This week, we’re catching Dee Gordon, keeping Starling Marte, and writing a passionate love letter to Brett Anderson.
3 TO CUT
Brett Anderson, Oakland A’s SP
“Dearest Brett,
“It’s over. We can’t handle this rollercoaster any longer. You stole our hearts when...
Pirates Notebook: Five Things We Have Learned About Pirates Hitters
Andrew McCutchen’s offensive numbers are down, but his approach is better than ever. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
It’s a three-word term you will hear often early in the season: small sample size.
Carlos Gomez leads the NL in batting average? Small sample size. Chris Davis is second in the majors in OPS? Small sample size. B.J. Upton is last in the NL in on-base percentage?
You...
Starling Marte: Key to Pirates Success
Starling Marte has been right in the middle for the Pirates early season success
Throughout my last couple of articles I have shifted away from covering the Pittsburgh Pirates, but this article I am back to cover the main reason to their early season success. The Pirates are currently 17-14, 3 games back of NL Central leading St. Louis Cardinals. The reason for the Pirates success...
RotoBaller - Three Up, Three Down
This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up, Three Down after Week Five Action. The first month of the regular season has come and gone, and we've seen some strong performances and some very weak ones. Today, Rotoballer.com takes a look at three players on the rise and three whose stock is falling for the Month of May: Three RisingStarling...
MLB Weekly Awards- Week 5
It’s hard to believe we are already five weeks into the 2013 MLB season. Time sure does fly. With that being said, on with the awards for this week. Enjoy. Players of the Week Starling Marte- Pittsburgh Pirates Starling Marte continued his early season success for the Pittsburgh Pirates this week. He had a line [...]
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First Pitch: There’s No Reason to Keep Andrew Lambo in Altoona
Andrew Lambo should be in Indianapolis starting over Brett Carroll and Felix Pie. Photo Credit: David Hague.
At the start of the 2013 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates had a lot of options in the outfield. They had to make some difficult cuts at the end of Spring Training, cutting the hot hitting Alex Presley and Felix Pie in favor of Jose Tabata and Travis Snider. The outfield in the...
Bucs Blow Early Opportunity, Fall to Nats 6-2
Starling Marte started the bottom of the first inning by parking Gio Gonzalez’s first pitch in the stands. Jordy Mercer followed that with a double before Andrew McCutchen reached on an error and Gaby Sanchez walked to load the bases with nobody out.
Michael McKenry went 0 for 4 Sunday with two strikeouts, including one in the first inning with the bases loaded. Photo by: David...
Nats’ Ninth Inning Rally Beats Pirates
Saturday was an odd day at PNC Park. For starters, the game was on national television (something that doesn’t happen often to the Pirates). This also happened.
Then the great bullpen debate of 2013 got off an running, and well, it did not end well for the Pirates.
Starling Marte did a very Starling Marte thing and hit a two-run home run in the third inning to put the Pirates...
Rank Relief: Changing from a moustache to a beard hasn’t helped John Axford
Starling Marte is staring to sprint but he’s going to be able to jog on this one.
The Brewers moved John Axford out of the closer role but apparently it’s no better hide him in the 8th inning. Axford came in with a 2 run lead, but the hard hitting Pirates (.252/.323/ .410) weren’t going to settle for that. Axford went to work quickly, allowing a single and then a two...
Pirates 6, Brewers 4
Starling Marte hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Brandon Inge had a go-ahead RBI single to rally Pittsburgh to a 6-4 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday, snapping the Pirates' nine-game losing streak against the Brewers.
Pedro Alvarez added a run-scoring single to cap a four-run eighth as Pittsburgh won for the 10th time in its last 15 games and ended Milwaukee...
Pirates Can’t Find a Way to Win in Milwaukee; Pitchers Not Doing Themselves Favors
Last night the Pittsburgh Pirates were blown out in Milwaukee, thanks in large part to a lot of home runs by the Brewers. The obvious solution? Hit more home runs and beat them at their own game. Tonight the Pirates did just that. They combined for four home runs, which accounted for seven of their eight runs on the night. The only problem was Milwaukee hit three home runs, and combined...
WAR: Imperfect but Useful Even in Small Samples
This morning, Jon Heyman noted an odd thing on Twitter:
i am not a hater of WAR stat, but if someone can explain to me how starling marte & bryce harper are both 1.7, please do
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) April 29, 2013
He was quoting Baseball-Reference’s WAR calculation, and the two are indeed tied at +1.7 WAR on B-R. Here, we have Bryce Harper (+1.5 WAR) ahead of Starling...
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