DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: With great power ...

With great power (pitchers) comes ... responsibility?
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[@berniebuzzelli7267]

Thanks Paul, that's scary. Thanks DK, keep up the good work. Glad you guys do.

[@RonHeichel]

When the HITTING coach has a 7 year track record of making MLB hitters worse and that HITTING coach is still employed is idiotic.

[@deniscunningham3059]

So much for centralized, top down management! Thanks, Paul.

[@user-oh6nk4dh1m]

I keep going back to your simpler point. Name a single player who Haines has helped become a better hitter.

[@STVG71]

When will we learn to not pick up Brewers' castoffs. There is a reason why they cut Andy Haines when they did. They saw something that concerned them. Same with Tellez. Having watched him last season here in MKE, started out well but then he got sat down towards the end of last season. A co-worker said something broke and they couldn't fix it. Only they know what it was but I think we're seeing it live here with the Pirates.

[@byronnelson7580]

The game was lost in the bottom of the ninth bases loaded one out. Reynolds should've been pinch hit for if it was possible. During Saturday's rain delay they ran a story about Al Oliver (who's now a motivational speaker) hitting instructor was the first thing that came to mind. The Pirates need him. DK see what you can do😅

[@stevej.1428]

DK will never come out against Reynolds. That's his boy. His contract extension reaction was was all unicorns and rainbow farts. Can't backtrack on that now. It's only been 1 season and he's a streaky hitter. lol

[@michaeldziurzynski2984]

Shelton needs to Not be a Manager of this club, but to Coach this Team to Success! Yes YES! With the power and title comes GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!

[@snowdog87]

Can Skenes and Jones hit???

[@bighilltom]

Gloom, despair and agony on me

[@crowe1974]

When i think that the pirates' ownership and management wouldn't get any worsethey do. It's so hard to be a pirate fan. Let's go bucs.!!!

[@jks0997]

#J1Q Where is Connor Joe?

[@petegdula4749]

Paul needs to be hired. Now.

[@dinodan3296]

The philosophy is to be patient and run up the pitch count to tire the starter hoping he makes mistakes, right? I just don't understand it. Wouldn't that just force the other team to get to the bullpen quicker? In theory those arms are rested and ready to go. I guess it could wear out the bullpen towards the end of the series, but that doesn't seem worth it. I would rather have the players be aggressive and score early and often and let out pitchers handle the rest. Someone that is smarter in baseball than me, why choose the passive approach than the aggressive?

[@gavinsheridan4680]

The theory has its place. If you continually run up a starters pitch count, there is a cumulative effect on the bullpen. Most BP guys can’t go 2 days in a row or they have stringent pitch count limits. The pirates problem is they use this strategy as a blanket, one-size-fits-all approach, 100% of the time.

[@BigJimPWNS]

If I were to do as piss poor at me job as this management team, I would be fired in a heartbeat.

[@stevej.1428]

Pretty sure if you took this whole roster as is, even the obvious bad parts like Tellez, and transplanted it into any other organization, it would be much more productive and competitive. This is on coaching, management, development and bad philosophies. It really has zero to do with money or market. Sure it would be even better with an owner who actually cared more about winning and would spend to prioritize that, but I don't think even money would fix this broken excuse of a team. Jones and Skenes should demand to be traded before they are another casualty of gross ineptitude. I'm hoping for them they get out ASAP.

[@dennygc5874]

2024 Team MVP = C. Joe ❤🔥🍻

[@stevescamlikelylantz8921]

Ok tellez dfa ,no won will pick him up and he will report too indy. Jake lamb comes up. Williams to indy peggy comes up, trilo to indy bae comes up.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

Skenes blew our minds and then, thanks to the ineptiness of the team, his hopes and dreams were crushed right before his eyes. The hitting coach is an absolute moron and nothing will change as long as Cherington runs the show

[@pnusess1265]

Reeeeejan the “proud Serb” 🤔 🤔

[@robertlong7033]

Looking at those batting averages it would appear that there will be a lot of guys leaving at the end of the season...replaced with more of the same.. When you're most consistent player is a guy who would be a bench guy on a contender you've got the Pirates....year after year. But I'm sure Andy Haines will reverse that history....(lol).

[@jefferyalberter9922]

Who’s the All-star? Jones? Joe?

[@stevej.1428]

Jones at this point.

[@petegdula4749]

The old Lumber Company is sawdust these days.

[@timwest78]

Agree with you Shelton has done nothing in 5 years. No improvement what so ever.. it's the fundamentals that are his responsibility. Its the same thing. Every year.. time to make a change.

[@stevej.1428]

But hey, at least they're consistent. Never have to guess on what kinda team they'll have. That's good, right?

[@meddyven]

Shelton is a clueless minion. He has no clue how to spot a pitcher who clearly is wild ( Nicolas).

[@meddyven]

I'm sooo glad, the Pirates did not dtaft Jake Bloss, who went to Houston with the #99 pick. Jake, who's parents are very goid friends of mine, made it clear, when he was drafted, that he wanted to go to an organization thst developed pitchers; something the Pirates are good at ruinibng. All Bloss has done between Asheville and his recent promotion to AA Corpus Christ, is put up zeros. No walks since being promoted, and no runs.

[@meddyven]

Meanwhile Carlos Santana has 7 Hr's and 21 RBI's , and hitting 40 points higher than Tellez. What needs to be done is dfa Rowdy, and release Suwinski, who continues to stay below the Mendoza line. Heck Doug Frobel hit better that Jack.

[@stevej.1428]

You're giving Haines too much credit here. It's not his philosophy of hitting or overarching ideas that are being followed like a bird throwing itself off a cliff at every level with this team. This has all been scripted and put into place by the analytics madness of Cherington, who instead of going with historically tried and true baseball methods, tries to be cutting edge and unconventional in every approach to the game (not just hitting) to maximize his poor little engine that could, small market chances. This (meaning the whole team really) is a prefect example of overthinking the problem. It's baseball. See the ball. Hit the ball. As far as how this bullpen has collapsed into a bad joke and closers Chapman and Bedard are the punchline to it all. Well that's just the baseball gods piling on a much deserved victim in Cherington. Like: "Oh, you think this will be you're pillar of strength? Just get them to the 7th and everything will be fine? Think again."

[@mcconlogue1898]

Is this a surprise? You could see this lineup would be anemic. Huge strikeout totals only punctuated by the occasional home run outbursts. And the whole organization is beholden to these ridiculous computer models which supposedly model player and team performance.

[@arox4133]

Not saying I believed it but prior to the season starting, some pundits were saying this would be the best Pirates hitting team in years.

[@glockensig]

The Da'wreck Shelton and Andy Paines' "error" needs to be OVER! The Pirates are a horrendous mess!!

[@jamiekitsko58]

This management needs to be escorted stage left. Do not pass go do not collect 200 hundred dollars. Sad how much this owner doesn't seem to have the ability to comprehend how much money he is wasting

[@pittdave79]

Bednar and Chapman are done. Washed Up. Tellez, Triolo and Suwinksi are not mlb starters. Pirates are bringing AAA players up that perform at a higher level. Alika is a better hitter than all 3 of them.

[@gregred88]

I love your stuff DK. But “clutchiness” is not a word. Please stop saying it..

[@dkpittsburghsportspirates]

You think I don't know that, Greg? LOL - Dejan

[@gregred88]

Haha I didn’t think that you did and I didn’t expect the direct reply! Keep up the great work, Dejan. I love your content and wish nothing but success.