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Jun 13
Missed opportunity to not have Scotland play a game at Heinz Field
Jun 13
Big News this morning : The George Washington statue near Fenway Park in Boston has been given the Highest Honour By the 🏴 Scottish Fans. Someone has got up there God knows how and placed a traffic cone □on his heed. 😅🤣😂😂. This is a proud moment for 🏴 Scotland.
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Jun 13
Almost unfathomable how bad this bullpen is. You’d think by the law of averages there’d be a couple of guys capable of getting outs consistently but no, it’s unreliable arms all the way down
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Jun 12
Ozuna started last night, did nothing in 2 at-bats, and then was replaced by a much better hitter. There just isn’t much use for a slow, platoon full-time DH who is hitting .193 buccoball.wordpress.com/2026…
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Bucco Ball retweeted
Jun 12
Source: The Pirates are calling up RHP Antwone Kelly. Kelly, the Pirates' No. 7 prospect, is 3-4 with a 4.50 ERA at Triple-A Indianapolis.
The 22-year-old had a 3.60 ERA in May and five clean innings in June. He'll pitch out of the bullpen. @francysromeroFR was on it.
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Jun 11
The Pirates’ season was lost and then saved within a single game
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Jun 11
Ozuna is one of the worst players in baseball. There are no promising underlying metrics, and his game is not improving. It's almost mid-June.
The time has come to move on buccoball.wordpress.com/2026…
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Jun 10
People were SO MAD in February when Stumpf suggested Ozuna might be cooked
Jun 10
Rowdy Tellez through 205 PAs in 2024: .617 OPS
Tommy Pham through 207 PAs in 2025: .603 OPS and quality defense
Marcell Ozuna through 205 PAs in 2026: .572 OPS.
By this point in the season, Tellez and Pham had started heating up. Ozuna is hitting .182 over his last 16 games.
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Jun 9
Ozuna is one of the worst players in baseball. His batted ball data is terrible, and there are no signs of improvement in his recent play. It's the middle of June, and the Bucs have given their $12M DH enough chances. buccoball.wordpress.com/2026…
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Jun 7
ROSTER MOVES: We have selected the contract of INF Davis Wendzel from Triple-A Indianapolis and optioned OF Jhostynxon Garcia to Indianapolis.
RHP Chris Devenski was transferred from the 15- to the 60-day injured list to make room for Wendzel on the 40-man roster.
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Jun 7
His leg has been amputated but he will survive
Jun 7
Just spoke to Lowe. He’s optimistic. Believes anything serious was avoided. Will take a day or two to calm down but sounds like it could’ve been a lot worse.
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Jun 5
This week in Houston, the Pirates won the games in which they had a long reliever pitch multiple innings. I wrote about Dotel and Mlodzinski on Monday, and why this unglamorous role will nonetheless be crucial to the Bucs' season buccoball.wordpress.com/2026…
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Jun 4
Ben Cherington’s bullpen:
Jun 4
Vibes were pretty ugly in the early innings and now it looks like (KNOCK ON WOOD) they’re going to cruise to an easy victory
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Vibes were pretty ugly in the early innings and now it looks like (KNOCK ON WOOD) they’re going to cruise to an easy victory
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