Thank you Smoltz for advocating for Pirates fans!

@rizzomatt

13 күн бұрын

He caused us enough heartache. 🙂

@emilgilels

13 күн бұрын

Amen!

Mark Cuban needs to buy that team

Thank smoltz for calling out pirates front office and ownership. We need to keep our talent and build on it.

Please tell this to Bob Nutting !

Preach Smoltz! Born and raised in Pittsburgh. Dying for a winner. This is our chance to capitalize, but I can’t help but be cynical with our owner…

@truckdriver402

13 күн бұрын

Amen.

@JudoChamp

12 күн бұрын

Worst owner in sports now that Daniel Snyder is gone....

Paul Skenes and Jared Jones would be legitimate Cy Young candidates if they were on another team.

@stevej.1428

14 күн бұрын

Batters have caught up with Jones recently. He's still very good, and hopefully he'll learn how to keep batters guessing going forward, but I like Keller better at this point in the season if having to choose right now which of the two I'd take to win 1 game...if Skenes wasn't available.

@thebourg

14 күн бұрын

Skenes will be a CY finalist mark my words

@sikwilly45

14 күн бұрын

@@thebourg He needs the bullpen to quit failing him first.

@Bobaman5400

14 күн бұрын

Highly unlikely. Hows being on the Pirates causing them to be restrained successfully? Theyre still putting up the numbers. Other players inability to make plays doesnt effect their stats at all.

@sikwilly45

13 күн бұрын

W's.

Personally, I'm not a Pirates fan but I so appreciate the work that Skenes is putting in and the fact that his UCL hasn't given out yet. Very exciting player to watch!

@stevej.1428

14 күн бұрын

Why would his UCL give out already? He's 22 and has been pitching for about a month for the Pirates. FYI: He's got 5 pitches and changes speeds all game long. What, you think he only throws 100+mph all night? In the last outing he hit 100mph with his 4-seamer only once. He's got a curve that he been going to a lot more recently that sits in the low 80's, a changeup that sits in the mid to upper 80's, and his splitter and splinker sits in the mid 90's. He's a pitcher with a big arsenal, not a 1-trick pony thrower like a lot of fans wrongly think or have been told.

@Saph_Adams

14 күн бұрын

Y’all fans always talking about tommy john injuries etc. is the most annoying thing ever it’s worse than seeing 100 Caitlyn clark post every time im on social media.

@Dommy_B

13 күн бұрын

you also have to actually watch him. Unlike other flamethrowers, 1. Hes UNBELIEVABLY accurate and 2. It looks like hes throwing BP its kind of disgusting that he can throw that hard with what looks like zero effort.

@skyy256

9 күн бұрын

@@Dommy_Btotally agree !!…your spot on 👍

Could Smoltz buy the Pirates please and get rid of the deadweight in that front office that refuses to try and make the team better!!!

@emilgilels

13 күн бұрын

Or come on board as a pitching consultant! Probably a more realistic scenario than him suddenly pooling the several billion dollars he'd need to make a 'Godfather'-like offer to get Nutting to sell. ;-)

@christinagarner8178

10 күн бұрын

The front office has built this pitching staff,I thing you are talking nutting

"Can" is the key word here. This team "can" win a wildcard of playoff series or two against most teams with this starting rotation of Skenes, Keller and Jones. But you "can" also be assured this ownership and front office will not add enough to the team in anything approaching a must win attitude that will help get them anywhere near the playoffs even with this mostly weak NL and Central Division. Cherington is still in - and maybe always will be - waiver wire scrap heap mode, and refuses to commit to signing a real live player or two who some other team hasn't given up on already for good reason.

@davidjones5547

14 күн бұрын

Seeing that the Pirates are NEVER going to win with Skenes and there is no way they will be able to keep him for more than a couple of seasons thanks to their incompetent GM, a manager who has no right managing in the majors and a cheapskate for an owner Then why not make the bold move and trade Skenes in the off season. Clearly some team would be willing to offer a nice haul for Skenes. A move like this couple possibly help the franchise over the long term. Plus, it would make Nutting a very happy man.

@locustjohn3865

12 күн бұрын

And one "can" count on the Pirate fans not buying tickets even when the team wins.

@davidjones5547

12 күн бұрын

@@locustjohn3865 This is so true. Pittsburgh without a doubt is a football city.

Pirates aren’t any sort of threat for the playoffs until Derek Shelton, Andy Haines, and Ben Cherington are all fired.

@sikwilly45

14 күн бұрын

Exactly! Cheapskate Bob is finally spending a little bit of money. But this GM and coaching staff have been absolutely horrible.

@Bobaman5400

14 күн бұрын

Thats what everyone said about Hurdle. Hows it working out so far?

@baxatakbaxatak2014

13 күн бұрын

@@Bobaman5400 Hurdle would be an improvement over Shelton.

@sikwilly45

13 күн бұрын

Huntington and Hurdle would at least call a pitcher up from Indy for a spot start if needed. They wouldn't use up all the arms in a "bullpen" game and leave no option other than Ben Heller to come in the last game of a series. Also, Huntington and Hurdle had to do more with less. They didn't have 4 major pieces signed to long-term deals. Nutting is giving Cherrington a longer leash.

@JudoChamp

12 күн бұрын

@@Bobaman5400 that's not what everyone was saying. Just the fair weather Pirate fans...Now Hurdle is " special assistant to the general manager" so he's hasn't been managing, is how it has worked out...

Pit needs to add bullpen, C, and another starter. 1b would be nice as well.

@GorbombZombay

14 күн бұрын

Weird to say Rowdy’s comin along…not the king term answer but if Henry could just hit like he was drafted to do good depth at C (Grandal/Delay/Bart) I’d try and get Luis Robert or Jazz Chisholm maybe a Ryan McMahon but Rockies typically don’t sell for some odd reason but they gotta go get someone 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

@Dommy_B

13 күн бұрын

@@GorbombZombay Luis is the absolute dream for us. Sadly Termarr would have to be the center piece to get traded for it but Man, we're missing a BIG bat in a bad way. put Lu Bob in between Reynolds and Cruz just to protect OC that trio would cause damage.

@MischievousMike

13 күн бұрын

@@Dommy_Bhopefully Nick Gonzales continues to hit which would allow them to move Termarr for something big

@JudoChamp

12 күн бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

He’s right, Bobby and Cherry need to do the opposite of what they usually do!!!

Skenes should be alright he added velo by simply growing up essentially🤷‍♂️ No radical velo program or concerning mechanics. The consistency of his velo even after 100+ pitches is a very strong indicator that this is just a guy that throws hard ... Blue collar arm LoL

They could disrupt another team with playoff hopes, I suppose. But this team won't be competitive come September.

Jones has recently come back down to earth. As for Skenes, the Pirates are simply going to waste his talent by nor surrounding him with major league caliber players until they will be forced to trade him by the time he reaches his arbitration years.

Someone tell John to not wear a striped shirt on camera

Bob Nutting sucks. BIG TIME.

Doesnt matter if we can't hit well enough to make the playoffs 🙄

Nutting is an embarrassment to Pittsburgh.

not gonna happen. The bullpen ruins the team. Skenes is definitely something else but pisspoor cheap management holds the team back. And it won't change Skenes' baddie girlfriend could run the team better

@GorbombZombay

14 күн бұрын

Holderman/Bednar even wild thing Chapman are fine it’s the piss poor offense bud

@harryiglesias

13 күн бұрын

​@@GorbombZombayCarmen is a stud and Nicolas will soon become one...Bullpen has sucked at times but they aren't as bad as some people say...bats will get hot although some (you, Michael A) just suck

@blutomindpretzel1735

13 күн бұрын

@@GorbombZombay yeah the hitting is lousy

@JudoChamp

12 күн бұрын

Yes! Someone who is finally realistic!!

@JudoChamp

12 күн бұрын

@@GorbombZombay at the beginning, yes, over the last 20 games, not so much, it has been solid, look at the splits.

Small steps. Maybe get to .500 first. And those whining about the owner? Maybe buy some tickets and they'll spend money on the team. Last time the Pirates made the playoffs, for the third straight season, they still ended only 15th in MLB in attendance. If the fans don't come out and support a team when it's winning, maybe it's time to find a city where they will.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!