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PITTSBURGH ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” Batting average, once the gold standard for judging a hitterÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s ability, has been marginalized in this era of data-driven baseball.It is indeed easy to make a case that on-base percentage and slugging percentage are two measures that significantly paint a better picture of a ...

Andrew McCutchen made Pirates history this past Tuesday night when he hit three home runs in a 9-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver.McCutchen became just the fourth player in franchise to have multi three-home run games, joining a trio of Hall of Famers in Ralph Kiner ...

With the small-sample caveat of the season being barely more than three weeks old, the PiratesÎÞëÊÓÆµ™ decision to use unconventional batting orders has been a success so far.The Pirates entered Monday nightÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s game against the Colorado Rockies at Denver leading the major leagues in on-base ...

Pirates sputtered, but scored 9 runs

Scoring nine runs in a game is a good offensive output under almost any circumstance.However, when the Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 last Sunday at PNC Park, it seemed as if the offense sputtered to some degree.Perhaps it was because the Pirates scored nine runs despite putting ...

Marte becoming the Al Oliver of the 2010s

PITTSBURGH ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” Back in the 1970s, Al Oliver was often said to be the most underrated player in baseballHe played in the shadow of Roberto Clemente and then Willie Stargell on some fearsome power-hitting Pirates teams. Both are now Hall of Famers.Starling Marte, in many ways, is becoming the Al ...

PITTSBURGH ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” Gregory PolancoÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s walks are way up in the early part of the season.The right fielder had 11 bases on balls in first 49 plate appearances over 11 games going into Saturday nightÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s game against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park.That translated to one walk for every 4.45 plate ...