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While watching the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night, I noticed something with the swing from Ke'Bryan Hayes. Hayes stands square to the plate this year, and has a sort of toppling action...
The Pirates went 3-2 over the last week, closing out a series win against the Reds, before losing a three game series over the weekend against the Atlanta Braves. This week's Statcast Heroes looks at the...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez, Triple-A Pitching Depth, Javier Rivas

The Pittsburgh Pirates went 2-4 over the last week, while scoring just one run in three different games. They had some good starts from...

Statcast Heroes: Bullpen Offense, Paul Skenes, Braxton Ashcraft, Outfield Depth

The Pittsburgh Pirates are 35-37 after winning two bullpen games in the last week, while getting reliable starts from their rotation. This week's Statcast...

Statcast Heroes: The Pirates Have a Rotation That Can Contend in the Playoffs

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a fun team to watch. We could debate whether they will contend this year, or even finish with a winning...

Statcast Heroes: Paul Skenes, Rowdy Tellez, Henry Davis, Khristian Curtis

The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up Henry Davis today, giving the former first overall pick another shot at the big leagues. The move is...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Matt Gorski, Omar Alfonzo, and Plenty of Velocity

I've been focusing on the new bat tracking data over the last two weeks with the Statcast Heroes articles. This week I'm getting back...

Statcast Heroes: Bat Tracking Updates, Hitter vs Pitcher Counts, Nick Gonzales

Major League Baseball released their Statcast bat tracking data this month, providing a deeper dive into the swing of each hitter. I took my...

Statcast Heroes: A Pirates Themed Introduction to the New Bat Tracking Data

Major League Baseball released their latest massive update to the publicly available Statcast data, introducing bat-tracking data this week. For an intro to the...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez, Paul Skenes, Nick Gonzales, Garret Forrester

Every Wednesday, I’ll be recapping the weekly Statcast leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That includes the...

Statcast Heroes: Jared Jones, Bailey Falter, Paul Skenes, Eric Lauer, Omar Alfonzo

Each week in Statcast Heroes, I’ll be recapping the weekly leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That...

Statcast Heroes: Jared Jones, Paul Skenes, Aroldis Chapman, Edward Olivares

Each week in Statcast Heroes, I’ll be recapping the weekly leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That...

Statcast Heroes: Martin Perez, Joey Bart, Nick Gonzales, Javier Rivas, Tyler Kennedy

It's early in the season. That's the disclaimer you'll read below several times. Having said it for the first time, I'll say that this...

Statcast Heroes: A Surprising Pirates Offense and Whiffs From Indianapolis

The addition of Statcast data throughout the game of baseball allows for a deeper understanding of player performance. We know instantly how hard and...

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