Many moons ago, Jordan Lyles was a top prospect. While the shine is off of him, he's at least shown well in his first two starts for the Pirates. [...]
There are spring training battles at SS, 3B, and the 5th SP for the Pirates. Steven Brault hasn't shown a lot yet and may be a roster casualty as a result. [...]
The ZiPS projections came out on Monday. The Pirates are strong in one area and blah in another. I'm sure you'll never figure out which is which. [...]
The Pirates have a glaring need at shortstop. There's great defense-first options out there. But there's also a once-great, now-broken shortstop, too. [...]
Baseball Prospectus unveiled a new metric called DRC+ this week, which may be a quantum leap forward in analytics. But the rollout has been frustrating. [...]