THE 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates Thread of Infinite Sadness

posted by Heretic

2-7. It took extra innings this time! Improvement!

At least you guys got a hit off of Lester

2-8.

They had a 4-0 lead and blew it. Holland can't go more than five, but they've tried to get six out of him in both starts. And why the hell are you bringing in del Pozo in any sort of important situation. Dude utterly sucks. Starting to feel they're actually tanking, if for no reason other than how some of their in-game moves are baffling. But on the other hand, when virtually everyone on the team is shit, what can you do?

So, I read an ESPN "hot takes after roughly 10% of the season" column this morning and they predicted that Pittsburgh will break the record for worst winning percentage in MLB history.

And then saw them immediately fall behind 3-0 after the first inning today.

Can't this team get a Marlins/Cards COVID epidemic? Put them out of my misery, following them and all.

Bases loaded, one out, zero production! And I can't even be upset because, with Jerrod Dyson and that J. Murphy back-up catcher fuck coming to the plate, what else could I expect other than simple failure to come remotely close to executing anything?

Not good my friend

In a way, it's kind of amazing they're only down 4-0 after two, considering that it's taken Musgrove 61 FUCKING PITCHES to record six outs.

Sheesh. Knew the buccos would struggle this year, but didn’t think it’d be this bad. Moran is at least a solid player that you can say you at least got some productive assets back in a trade for the first time in a while. 

posted by SportsAndLady

Sheesh. Knew the buccos would struggle this year, but didn’t think it’d be this bad. Moran is at least a solid player that you can say you at least got some productive assets back in a trade for the first time in a while. 

It's sort of weird how the trades have gone. The one I thought they did best on was Cutch, but Crick's struggled since being good in '18 and, after being great last year, Reynolds has been horrible to start this season. With the Cole trade, Moran has been good this year after barely being above replacement in his first two years. Universal DH isn't something I really like, but it'll help him stay relevant, as he's not exactly a great fielder. But on the other hand, Feliz has been shit as a reliever and Musgrove looks to be a perennial high 4s ERA guy who'll never be more than that.

Regardless, both deals were infinitely better than the Our Future for Chris Archer bit of fuckery.

2-9 after the wonderful meaningless and futile ninth inning comeback bid turned the score from 7-1 to 7-3. 

The list of players I currently like on this team is about 1/5 the size of the list of players I'd pay to have fed to piranhas.

2-10 after another "do nothing for eight innings, get a couple runs in the 9th to make it look better" efforts. Williams finally gave a good start, but the bullpen gave up 4 in 2 innings. And Bell was the only player on offense to show a pulse, getting three hits, including a two-run homer that was the entire offense.

So, .167 win percentage. This team is built to maintain that sort of success over the full 60!

Ugly start.............too bad.

So, do all the AL Central teams play Pittsburgh 4 times, or are the Twins going to get a big boost over everyone else in that division thanks to this week?

posted by Heretic

So, do all the AL Central teams play Pittsburgh 4 times, or are the Twins going to get a big boost over everyone else in that division thanks to this week?

The Indians play them 6 times.

3-10 -- HOLY SHIT THEY GOT ACTUAL CLUTCH PLAY FOR FUCKING ONCE!!!!!

I mean, even with runners on second and third with no one out in the 9th, I figured they'd wind up with nothing and lose by one. But, no, two run hit and they won. I'm in shock.

Derek Holland gives up 4 HR's in the 1st inning to put Pittsburgh in a 5-0 hole. He did improve in the 2nd holding the Tigers to 1 run.

Since I spent the weekend doing shrooms and rafting, time to get caught back up!

FRIDAY: 3-11

SATURDAY: 3-12

I think they gave up about 30 runs over those two days. Friday's game, when I looked on my phone, had me thinking it was a football score.

Oh, also just noticed that one of the only guys capable of getting hits on the team is out the rest of the year after getting fucked up in an outfield collision. So that's something.

3-13. Why did I stop doing drugs on a river to come back to this?

At least I won't have to mark down losses for a few days, since they were supposed to be playing the St. Louis Covids, but because that team is a bunch of diseased whores, those games aren't going to be held for a while. Man, either they'll be playing 55 games in 30 days or they'll have 40 games played while others have 60.

posted by Heretic

At least I won't have to mark down losses for a few days, since they were supposed to be playing the St. Louis Covids, but because that team is a bunch of diseased whores, those games aren't going to be held for a while. Man, either they'll be playing 55 games in 30 days or they'll have 40 games played while others have 60.

Well, at least the 48 injured Pirate pitchers might have a chance to heal.