From Bruce Levine: "Confirming Pirates and Cubs have talked about Mitch Keller. @BobNightengale first report of interest.Getting deal done is challenging because of sellers market. One GM said to me 25 teams still feel they have a wild card chance."mr

From Bruce Levine: "Confirming Pirates and Cubs have talked about Mitch Keller. @BobNightengale first report of interest.Getting deal done is challenging because of sellers market. One GM said to me 25 teams still feel they have a wild card chance."

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With his performance today, Paul Skenes is (among qualifying pitchers) third in ERA (1.78), first in IP (96.0), third in WHIP (0.85), eighth in strikeouts (97), and tied for 55th in wins (4-6)

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From Bruce Levine: &quot;Confirming Pirates and Cubs have talked about Mitch Keller. @BobNightengale first report of interest.Getting deal done is challenging because of sellers market. One GM said to me 25 teams still feel they have a wild card chance.&quot;

With his performance today, Paul Skenes is (among qualifying pitchers) third in ERA (1.78), first in IP (96.0), third in WHIP (0.85), eighth in strikeouts (97), and tied for 55th in wins (4-6)

[Update] Nearly eight years after the infamous Las Vegas shooting, the body cam footage from the first officer to enter Stephen Paddock&#39;s room has been released publicly

[Chapter 3 SPOILERS] Is the secret boss a character we&#39;ve already met?

[spoilers extended] The later seasons&#39; teleportation problem really shows why it&#39;s so hard for George to get things lined up well

New Poll from Demand Progress comparing the popularity of &quot;Abundance&quot; vs. &quot;Populism&quot; platforms: Populism preferred among all respondents at 55.6-43.5, dems prefer populism at 59-16.8, 1,200 Respondents

What games become far, far worse at certain officially supported player counts?

(Spoilers extended) Based on GRRM&#39;s original pitch for a trilogy, we are probably about halfway through the story

&quot;What Is a Wargame and Why Does It Matter?&quot; Buckeye Game Fest 2025 panel with designers Mark Walker, Hermann Luttmann, and David Thompson

Isiah Kiner-Falefa on Shelton&#39;s firing and his time with the Pirates: &quot;Everything that could have gone wrong in the organization these first 2 months has gone wrong...This is not what I envisioned coming into getting traded here last year...It&#39;s been terrible, to be honest.&quot;

&quot;Nobody is criticizing Skenes&quot;--can we stop with this narrative? Skenes is getting plenty of local media hate.

The Royals currently have a 69.19 AB/HR ratio. The second-place Blue Jays have a 47.61 ratio--the difference between 1st and 2nd is roughly equal to the difference between 2nd and 14th.

[Spoilers Extended] George&#39;s infamous &quot;Words of Wisdom&quot; post came over a year ago now.

Trump Says China Tariffs to Fall &quot;Substantially&quot;

Pirates owner Bob Nutting on whether he&#39;s provided the necessary resources to compete: &quot;Yes. I think that I’ve done everything that I can to provide the tools and resources to the team. There is a point where it becomes execution.&quot;

Paul Skenes against the Rays--7.0 IP, 0 ER (1 R), 3 hits, 6 K&#39;s, 0 BBs. 102 pitches, 72 strikes. 1.46 ERA through two games.

Paul Skenes--7.0 IP, 0 ER (1 R), 3 hits, 6 K&#39;s.

When does Hal become mute?

Outside of Holderman and Bednar, there is some promise in the bullpen

Will Chris Sale retire with the best career of any pitcher to debut in the 2010&#39;s? Is he already a Hall of Famer?

Fangraphs ZiPS prospect rankings released, with a MASSIVE increase in Termarr&#39;s ranking compared to their other rankings

The Horwitz deal looks like absolute malpractice in light of his wrist issues

Four teams had a payroll higher than the Pirates&#39; revenue last year.

Are we in the last two seasons of baseball sans salary cap?

Some of the notable questions from Ask Management at Pirates Fest

From Bruce Levine: "Confirming Pirates and Cubs have talked about Mitch Keller. @BobNightengale first report of interest.Getting deal done is challenging because of sellers market. One GM said to me 25 teams still feel they have a wild card chance."

[Update] Nearly eight years after the infamous Las Vegas shooting, the body cam footage from the first officer to enter Stephen Paddock's room has been released publicly

[Chapter 3 SPOILERS] Is the secret boss a character we've already met?

[spoilers extended] The later seasons' teleportation problem really shows why it's so hard for George to get things lined up well

New Poll from Demand Progress comparing the popularity of "Abundance" vs. "Populism" platforms: Populism preferred among all respondents at 55.6-43.5, dems prefer populism at 59-16.8, 1,200 Respondents

(Spoilers extended) Based on GRRM's original pitch for a trilogy, we are probably about halfway through the story

"What Is a Wargame and Why Does It Matter?" Buckeye Game Fest 2025 panel with designers Mark Walker, Hermann Luttmann, and David Thompson

Isiah Kiner-Falefa on Shelton's firing and his time with the Pirates: "Everything that could have gone wrong in the organization these first 2 months has gone wrong...This is not what I envisioned coming into getting traded here last year...It's been terrible, to be honest."

"Nobody is criticizing Skenes"--can we stop with this narrative? Skenes is getting plenty of local media hate.

[Spoilers Extended] George's infamous "Words of Wisdom" post came over a year ago now.

Trump Says China Tariffs to Fall "Substantially"

Pirates owner Bob Nutting on whether he's provided the necessary resources to compete: "Yes. I think that I’ve done everything that I can to provide the tools and resources to the team. There is a point where it becomes execution."

Paul Skenes against the Rays--7.0 IP, 0 ER (1 R), 3 hits, 6 K's, 0 BBs. 102 pitches, 72 strikes. 1.46 ERA through two games.

Paul Skenes--7.0 IP, 0 ER (1 R), 3 hits, 6 K's.

Will Chris Sale retire with the best career of any pitcher to debut in the 2010's? Is he already a Hall of Famer?

Fangraphs ZiPS prospect rankings released, with a MASSIVE increase in Termarr's ranking compared to their other rankings

Four teams had a payroll higher than the Pirates' revenue last year.