Scoreboard Watching 2013

[MikeThierry]

As angry as I am, I still have to give props to the Pirates. They're playing great right now without McCutchen hitting at all. I can't imagine how well they'll do once he gets going.

[_Sir_Charles_]

For those who haven't been paying attention....everybody is looking up at the Pirates in the Central. I still think they'll finish above .500 and around 2nd or 3rd.

[PuffyPig]

As angry as I am, I still have to give props to the Pirates. They're playing great right now without McCutchen hitting at all. I can't imagine how well they'll do once he gets going.

You can play that game with every team, like "Team X will be much better once Player Y starts hitting". Of course, other players will start to decline as a larger sample size is reached.

Without looking, I assume a number of Pirates are exceeding reasonable expectations. That won 't continue.

[757690]

You can play that game with every team, like "Team X will be much better once Player Y starts hitting". Of course, other players will start to decline as a larger sample size is reached.

Without looking, I assume a number of Pirates are exceeding reasonable expectations. That won 't continue.

You should check, because there really aren't a number of Pirates exceeding expectations.

Their bullpen has been lights out, but outside of that no one has numbers that scream correction. They are just a very good team.

This may sound crazy, but I was actually rooting for the Cards in this series. I see the Pirates as a much more significant threat to the Reds.

[PuffyPig]

You should check, because there really aren't a number of Pirates exceeding expectations.

Their bullpen has been lights out, but outside of that no one has numbers that scream correction. They are just a very good team.

This may sound crazy, but I was actually rooting for the Cards in this series. I see the Pirates as a much more significant threat to the Reds.

The Pirates starters simply do not match up to the Reds and Cards rotations.

Unless the Cards and Reds suffer some serious injuries, I can't imagine the Pirates winning enough games to catch either. The Pirates might be good for 85 wins max, so unless the Reds/Cards fall back to that range, I doubt the Pirates will keep up.

[757690]

The Pirates starters simply do not match up to the Reds and Cards rotations.

Unless the Cards and Reds suffer some serious injuries, I can't imagine the Pirates winning enough games to catch either. The Pirates might be good for 85 wins max, so unless the Reds/Cards fall back to that range, I doubt the Pirates will keep up.

Like I said, call me crazy

[Tony Cloninger]

This is no different than in 2010.....when most people, even here....said the Reds would have to show me/us that it was not the SOS.

Until the Pirates go through a full season without going into 1988 Baltimore Orioles like funds after the AS Break...no one is going to take them seriously.

[New York Red]

For those who haven't been paying attention....everybody is looking up at the Pirates in the Central. I still think they'll finish above .500 and around 2nd or 3rd.

Unless they fade late like they did last year. They were the talk of baseball for awhile before the big swoon.

[mth123]

I still find it hard to believe that the Pirates will win 80 games.

[PuffyPig]

Unless they fade late like they did last year. They were the talk of baseball for awhile before the big swoon.

You mean like they did last year, and the year before that.....

Starting pitching is what takes you through the dog days of summer. If you've been a Reds fan for a number of years, you seen a number of Red's team fade as the season wore on.

The Pirates rotation isn't nearly as good as the Reds and Cards. It will ultimately be their undoing.

[Tom Servo]

Every year it's the same thing with the Pirates. Until they finish over .500, I don't see why anybody should give them the benefit out the doubt.

[dougdirt]

It was estimated at 472 feet. I will wait to see what hittrackeronline.com says about it tomorrow/Monday.

440 feet. Still an absolute bomb.... but I would have laid down a lot of money to say it went further.

[Homer Bailey]

This sounds impossible, and I'm sure this isn't actually true, but it honestly looked like the Stanton home run was still on it's way up when it crossed the outfield fence.

[MikeThierry]

You can play that game with every team, like "Team X will be much better once Player Y starts hitting". Of course, other players will start to decline as a larger sample size is reached.

Without looking, I assume a number of Pirates are exceeding reasonable expectations. That won 't continue.

But other teams aren't in first place like the Pirates. From what I saw, the only thing in which they're playing above their heads is probably their bullpen.

[gilpdawg]

Pirates schmirates. They do this every year. Fool me once.....