2026 Pittsburgh Pirates

I went on fan strike a few weeks ago until the Pirates improve the bullpen. DFAing Santana was a good move. Acquiring Marinaccio was not a good move. Why get rid of Santana and then immediately acquire Santana in another form? What next, maybe DFA Ozuna and sign Rowdy Tellez?
It’s like getting cured of an STD, then celebrating by going out and catching it again.

I guess I am still on fan strike.

 

The move offered no excitement for me.

 

Long overdue DFA Santana
Now what to do with the other half of the S&S brothers
Soto
Like the others
Not excited about the replacement

 

Big series against those baby bears. We are throwing Jones/Skenes/Ashcraft at them. Then big Ron with his 4.79 ERA will be so happy to be in the Burgh he'll find new found abilities and save the games.

Ron's last 7 games: 9.72 ERA. 8 innings pitched / 13 hits / 9 Earned Runs. Feeling better already

 

Sorry to burst your bubble Quad, but I'm afraid STD will be with all of us for a very very long time. There is no cure.

 

Who knows, he could be Gonzo #2 who's fit in really nice this past week as a dumpster dive product from the Pale Hose Team. The other guy from that trade, the pitcher, not so much.

 

Doesn’t make much sense
Unless
Big Ron sandbagged at San Diego
Bye bye Santana
Hello Santana 2.0

 

Best BP in MLB

 

Walking in runs
All the offense fault
Don’t score 6= loss

 

Don’t even know why it upsets me anymore
Banging head off wall
With same results
Definition of insanity

 

10-0 Cubs
7inn
If we were hitting against our BP
90% chance of coming back
Against any other BP
This game is over

 

Newly acquired Big Ron
AKA
Santana 2.0
Immediately comes in and gives up 2 runs

 

That will be it for me.

 

Fun while it lasted.

 

Anyone want to take a guess as to the exact day of Ozuna’s DFA? I say Monday, Aug 3, right at the trade deadline. Cruz is not scheduled to come off DL until Aug 7 so they won’t need a roster spot for him until then. Horwitz may be back sooner, which may lead Ozuna to the exit sooner.

 

Had em all the way. 8-7.

 

A 7-1 lead after 3 innings is pretty much a tie game with these Pirates.

Now sweep Arizona and suck me back in.

 

The $12 million dollar man

 

Tellez can also be BP relief

 

I think they owe him about 5 million for the remainder of this year and some smaller buyout for next year. It would not break the bank to make the move now.
Actually the moves they made in the off season mostly worked out well. Nothing at all to be ashamed of if one didn’t. The money is already spent, a sunk cost. MLB contracts are guaranteed. Cut your (game, not financial) losses, Bob.

 

Raise it!
Magic #34
Bucs pulling me back in again!

 

Season has been emotionally exhausting

 

Pirates got an outfielder (Rodriguez) from the Orioles. Looks like he has hit well in AAA but poorly in a limited sample in the Show over three seasons. May have the dreaded AAAA label, maybe not. Jury is out. He is not one of those guys good right out of the box.
I guess he is cheap depth with options remaining.
I hope this move does not mean that Valdez’s injury is bad.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/hmjhl4-mUBY?si=aID2J1SIl9ncv3eA
Pirates 2026 season in a nutshell

 

Agree, This kid arrived without much fanfare (vs Griffin, Skenes, etc) as a roster replacement for Horowitz. An amazing 5 weeks he has had. 36 RBIs in 37 games with 14 HRs and batting .340 asa starter. Wow. As far as his injured wrist, I wonder if it was already tweaked from a diving catch he made on Sunday where he seemed to land on that same wrist and was a bit slow to get up. Checking everywhere and no updates yet. Hoping this is good news.

UPDATE: Looks like no fracture and he is day to day for now with no IL duty. Hurry back Vasquez!

https://www.si.com/mlb/pirates/onsi/pittsburgh-pirates-good-news-esmerlyn-valdez-injury