McKenry’s arm hurting his value

McKenry’s arm hurting his value

Michael McKenry has gained many fans in Pittsburgh over the past few seasons. Despite being highly unknown prior to joining the Pirates, “The Fort” works…

Bucs’ Offense: Slower Start Than 2012?

Bucs’ Offense: Slower Start Than 2012?

April of 2012 gave Pirates fans a lot to be concerned about. The club simply wasn’t hitting – two hits on Opening Day, a near perfect game…

Trio of homers propel Bucs to 4-3 victory

The Pirates battled the Boston Red Sox and the rain this afternoon at McKechnie Field. James McDonald took the mound after a weather delay, and got off…

Pirates searching for catching help

Pirates searching for catching help

The search for experienced catching:the Phils, Pirates, Angels and Rays are among the team in the market — Peter Gammons (@pgammo) March 16, 2013  …

In 19 Days…

In 19 Days…

Michael McKenry (19) days until Opening Day. The Fort, who was number 55 until new catcher Russell Martin joined the team, will be back with…

Pirates seek pinch-hitting improvement

Pirates seek pinch-hitting improvement

Team management has a few decisions to make about the state of the Pirates’ bench before they travel north for the regular season. Regardless of who…

Pirates Playback 2/18/13

Another edition of Pirates Playback will be aired tonight at 7:00 on ROOT Sports. It’ll be shown again at 7:00 pm on Thursday. The Pirates-Reds match-up…

Filling out the Bucco Bench

Filling out the Bucco Bench

The Pirates currently possess a plethora of corner outfielders and first basemen, as they have now stockpiled eight capable players at those positions. The players…

Pirates agree to terms with Russell Martin

According to various sources, the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to terms with free agent catcher Russell Martin. Ken Rosenthal was the first to break the…

#FTFTrivia Answer 11/29/12

Tonight we asked… and the answer to tonight’s #FTFTrivia is… Eight catchers Those eight catchers were Michael McKenry, Ryan Doumit, Chris Snyder, Dusty Brown, Jason…

Bill James 2013 Projections: Pirates Hitters

Bill James’ first batch of projections for the 2013 season were recently released and can be found on the player pages at FanGraphs. Here’s a…

2012 in Review: Catching

A catching tandem that struggled to throw out baserunners hurt the team in the long run. Games AVG HR RBI OPS Rod Barajas 104 .206 11…

Help Wanted: Pirates Catcher

Since they declined Rod Barajas’ $3.5 million option for 2013, the Pirates are now in need of a catcher to go along with Michael McKenry….