2026 Pittsburgh Pirates

I'm not saying he has no value. Just that I don't think he warrants a top 50 prospect in return.

 

Watched the Buccos breakout game
All our prospects played
Seth Hernandez
Our top pick last year
First 2 pitches of game
102 mph
101 mph

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/seth-hernandez-pirates-spring-breakout-game-2026

 

A no brainer really - Konner Griffin heading to Indy, for now. He was batting at the Hank Davis level (25 pts lower than the Mendoza). Needs some fine-tuning. He'll be back, hopefully sooner than later.

 

Glad KG going to AAA. I was thinking about hitters I really liked over the years. Gary Sheffield, Eddie Murray, Pedro Guerrero, Chipper , Thats what KG needs to be, I don't want to see 150 strikeouts by a hitter. I want a real bat , 290/ 42 2B /28 hr 115 Rbi with under 90K. Bring those types back please baseball gods everyone trying to hit 50 hr sucks

 

Even a few Freddie Sanchez types would be nice.

 

Bucs are second game of the 2026 MLB season. They will be on MLB Channel at NYM.

I like starting out with 6 on the road. Not sure how the rotation will work out to see who will start our home opener. I think if Skenes starts Thursday he'll be starting one of the Reds games since we have an off day during the 6 game road trip.

Oh well, let the magic begin. BEAT EM BUCS!!!!!

 

Skenes
Keller
Mlodzinski
Ashcraft
Chandler

Right handers. Not an awe inspiring staff. We shall see.

 

I'm hoping the starting batting lineup has been sandbagging these last few weeks because for the most part they look just like last year's sh*t show but with different names and numbers on their backs.

 

I miss the days of .300 hitters
Do you think pitch clock is hurting the batters avg?
250 seems the norm today
That sucks

 

Come on my friend
Relax
I think we might be in for a treat this year
You can have team batting avg of .500
And win every preseason game
Don’t mean jack squatch
Me personally am looking forward to this awesome pitching staff and hopefully a better hitting lineup

 

Possibly. Maybe the use of aluminum bats in their early development stages? Better fielders with wider ranges and stronger arms? At least the extreme infield shifting has diminished somewhat.

 

Never understood the use of aluminum bats in college