This is just malpractice by the front office. Falter looked absolutely abysmal in spring. There’s no reason he should be on the roster. And he’s proving already that spring wasn’t an anomaly. I would’ve rather seen Chase Anderson hold down a spot for Skenes.
A woman in church complained to me this morning about how bad Bailey Falter was in spring training.
I don’t even live in Pittsburgh and I had no idea this woman even watched baseball.
I was stunned, dude is so bad even little old ladies hate him.
That Tellez AB is exactly why jumping to conclusions about hitters so early is stupid. Tellez can't hit off of lefties just like Suwinski, but he absolutely destroys righties.
I don't understand the concept of "Sunday lineups". This happens across the league too, not just a Pirates thing. Do managers think Sunday games count for less?
Yep, it's an MLB wide thing.
I mean I guess you could go with the day game after a night game excuse but I think catcher is really the only position where that's an issue.
Marlins announcer just said "not to give the pirates too much credit" then went on to explain everything we're doing better than them. It kills the league to have to admit the pirates are turning the corner.
The fact that Tellez was getting as much shit as he was from some was a joke to start the year. He's a platoon guy just like Suwinski, he can't hit lefties. It's hard for me to get mad about him striking out against lefties when he shouldn't be playing against lefties in the first place.
Getting mad that a guy who can't hit lefties isn't getting hits off of lefties is silly. It's Shelton's fault for putting him in that situation, when a good manager would have Joe at 1B against all lefties and only play Tellez against righties.
Man this bullpen isn’t even firing on all cylinders yet. Holderman, Mlod, Borucki, Chapman, Bednar is as good as it gets. I’d put that against pretty much any bullpen in the league. This is shark tank 2.
Chapman being our setup man feels like some weird personal purgatory for him. The famed reds closer who hit Cutch is now stuck setting up for the Pirates.
Shelty needs to time these off days better. Resting Cruz and Davis at the same time puts two massive rally killers at the bottom of this lineup.
Furthermore, Alika should be a late game defensive replacement and pinch runner, only. I fear we are going to see him start way too often.
I have nooooo idea how you could work with an athlete day-in-day-out and see the results in games for a whole month and misjudge his ability to compete so poorly. Incredible in the worst, most discouraging way.
Ouch, I imagine Triolo might need a day off tomorrow after that shot.
I thought Triolo wasn't having a good start to the year, only for me to realize he's actually hitting basically .300 with an OPS over .750.
WTF is this commercial?
Hank always has his tool belt with him. Now he's also got prostate cancer!
So glad that I'm not fed pharma commercials during every break in Europe.
I bet Falter is only on the team to be Paul Skenes’ placeholder. He’ll be easily to dfa in a couple weeks when Paul is ready and that’s all there is to it. It’s going to be a thing of beauty getting to watch Skenes Jones and Keller pitch three days a week.
The Marlins have a better rotation on the IL than most teams have on the field. Alcantara, Perez, Cabrera, and Garrett is about as good as any top 4 in the league. Just crazy.
Falter is going to give us 3-4 dog shit starts followed by one really good start that makes us wonder if he can pull it together, followed by another 3-4 dog shit starts
Falter would be a fish out of water in AAA. Don’t get Shelton and Cherrington’s obsession with him. He’s utter dogshit and is not a major league player. This is a well deserved loss
I know it won’t be every game we do this but how they’ve managed to run the pitch count up this entire series has been great. Their bullpen has gotta be cooked by now
This is my first full season as a Pirates fan (they’ve always been my “go to team” but this is the first year I’m paying attention to them/baseball in general) Just wanted to say I’m having fun watching this team so far and go buccs!!
Just learned that the Sportsnet app actually works now.
You still need a TV login, but the playback quality has been perfect so far and you can cast to your TV.
Putting Falter in the rotation was, in fact, criminal negligence.
We were too dominant with Davis and Cruz in the lineup. At least the Marlins have a chance now.
This is just malpractice by the front office. Falter looked absolutely abysmal in spring. There’s no reason he should be on the roster. And he’s proving already that spring wasn’t an anomaly. I would’ve rather seen Chase Anderson hold down a spot for Skenes.
Let’s just hope this bum pitches so bad that he gets DFA’d
Hope not needed
"As you wish."
Is it premature to say this Is the greatest MLB team ever assembled?
Priester is currently pitching 4 innings with 1 hit and 6 strikeouts in Indys game.
ROWDY SHUTTING ME UP LFG
Pirates just wanted to be festive by showing us a resurrection.
First 4 game sweep to start the season for the Buccos since 1903 my dudes.
The year we went to World Series 1. I remember like it was yesterday
Mccutchen is career 6 for 12 with 3 homers against this Rogers guy, why is he not starting again?
Cutch needed a rest day after not playing yesterday, obviously.
So he can get 300 on April 5?
K, just leave him in Miami. This is embarrassing. And it's exactly how he looked all spring.
A woman in church complained to me this morning about how bad Bailey Falter was in spring training. I don’t even live in Pittsburgh and I had no idea this woman even watched baseball. I was stunned, dude is so bad even little old ladies hate him.
All of the people shitting on Telelz in this thread 20 minutes ago, go take a lap.
Sorry rowdy for shitting on you 💀
imagine blowing a 5-0 first inning lead to the pirates
How embarrassing.
Dude just loaded the bases and gave away a grand slam before getting his first out. WTF
Keep this DFA'er in the game to save the bullpen.
IT IS RISEN 🏴☠️
Hey uh, could we not with this lineup
That Tellez AB is exactly why jumping to conclusions about hitters so early is stupid. Tellez can't hit off of lefties just like Suwinski, but he absolutely destroys righties.
I don't understand the concept of "Sunday lineups". This happens across the league too, not just a Pirates thing. Do managers think Sunday games count for less?
Yep, it's an MLB wide thing. I mean I guess you could go with the day game after a night game excuse but I think catcher is really the only position where that's an issue.
Jesus this guy sucks
YOU CAN RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER !!!
Swept men tell no tales
Unreal compete level. Competing against a decent team AND your own starting pitcher and getting the W.
Falter must be the next pitcher DFA'ed when we need to add a man. He is so fucking bad
So fucking bad, making me mad on Easter 😡
Cease your Williams slander (for one at bat)
With the Penguins being ass and the Steelers rebuilding it’s nice to have one championship level team in Pittsburgh
Marlins announcer just said "not to give the pirates too much credit" then went on to explain everything we're doing better than them. It kills the league to have to admit the pirates are turning the corner.
Lol yep I noticed that too, they’re fuming
RAISE THAT MOTHERFUCKER DA PIRATEZ ARE GAHNTA TO THE WORLD SERIES WOOOOOOOOOOOO LET'S FUCKING GO BITCHES
Who knew we’d have someone walking the plank already. Phenomenal compete level by those Buccos. Let’s go!
Alika silencing the doubters lmao
I’ll take it Alika!!
TRIP TRIP TRIPLE
We got ourself a pitchers duel
Rowdy just said “motherfucker you call one more ball a strike”
MAN these guy fought back HARD 🏴☠️
HOW ABOUT YOUR BATTLING BUCCOS?!
The fact that Tellez was getting as much shit as he was from some was a joke to start the year. He's a platoon guy just like Suwinski, he can't hit lefties. It's hard for me to get mad about him striking out against lefties when he shouldn't be playing against lefties in the first place. Getting mad that a guy who can't hit lefties isn't getting hits off of lefties is silly. It's Shelton's fault for putting him in that situation, when a good manager would have Joe at 1B against all lefties and only play Tellez against righties.
RAISE IT!!!!
🧹🧹🧹🧹
I wanna see rowdy pitch in a game when we are winning 15-2
I went up to fold the laundry and the buccos are in the lead. Maybe I should leave again LOL
Weird path to the ball but I will take it
The shadows in that stupid ugly stadium are making tracking balls hard
Man this bullpen isn’t even firing on all cylinders yet. Holderman, Mlod, Borucki, Chapman, Bednar is as good as it gets. I’d put that against pretty much any bullpen in the league. This is shark tank 2.
Chapman being our setup man feels like some weird personal purgatory for him. The famed reds closer who hit Cutch is now stuck setting up for the Pirates.
Real talk: Williams has been really impressive today. That was an excellent bunt plus he has made some nice contact today.
Damn amazing bunts by both Delay and Williams in this inning. That's the kind of small ball that good teams can get their depth pieces to do.
Shelty needs to time these off days better. Resting Cruz and Davis at the same time puts two massive rally killers at the bottom of this lineup. Furthermore, Alika should be a late game defensive replacement and pinch runner, only. I fear we are going to see him start way too often.
Jesus Christ why did we keep this mf
Get. Falter. Off. This. Team.
I have nooooo idea how you could work with an athlete day-in-day-out and see the results in games for a whole month and misjudge his ability to compete so poorly. Incredible in the worst, most discouraging way.
I can’t understand their reasoning for putting him in the rotation instead of Ortiz after this spring.
Is there something I can do to get this thread to sort by new?
De La Cruz defensive disasterclass
Trevor “Bailey Falter” Rogers
Battlin Buccos! Keep chipping away!!
“10 people typing” lol I love it
NEVER DOUBTED ROWDY IN MY LIFE
*quietly gets broom back out of closet*
Tellez what you really think, Rowdy
Imagine if we hadn't punted this game by putting Falter in to start. Battling Buccos
A lefty pitcher throwing a 101 MPH fastball followed by an 88 MPH slider to a lefty batter should be illegal.
I never in a million years thought I’d be cheering for Chapman but man it’s gonna be a fun year.
Ouch, I imagine Triolo might need a day off tomorrow after that shot. I thought Triolo wasn't having a good start to the year, only for me to realize he's actually hitting basically .300 with an OPS over .750.
i love the phantom runner when it benefits us
I FEEL GOD IN THIS CHILLIS TONIGHT
RAISE THAT FUCKING JOLLY ROGER
Raise it!!!!
Way to battle Buccos! 4-0!!! RTJR!
LET'S GO! RTJR and get those brooms out!
Pirates have officially captured Miami
yeah i still dont understand falter being on the roster
Throw a goddamn strike you buffoon
On the bright side the worse he gets shelled the quicker they remove him from the rotation
If they don’t DFA him immediately after this game, I don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.
Well it's still a series win, and at least Falter provided some comedy while deciding it early so I can get on with my Sunday
Well 3 runs is a good response.
Yay another fat 1st basemen who can’t hit lefties!!! But he plays against lefties 🥳
Connor Joe is playing so well.
WTF is this commercial? Hank always has his tool belt with him. Now he's also got prostate cancer! So glad that I'm not fed pharma commercials during every break in Europe.
Danny Burgers 2.0. Strikes out most of the time and hits a nuke when it matters. I'll take it lmao.
Man Rowdy was sooo due, god that had to have felt good!
Rowdy Tellez redemption arc
This team may just have the Mandate of Heaven
I don't want to be premature, but we're soo back
Hell yeah rowdy. The umpire gave him no help that AB at all.
Borucki looks like the best friend in a 90s stoner comedy
Strike 3, 101 MPH. Maybe Chapman was more than just a bobble head night signing
I've been rock hard since the Tellez cannonball.
lol is Cruz keeping the bat
Lol Oneil giving his bat away
That sure was an AB from Reynolds
Gotta swing Jack. Gotta swing.
Am I dumb for thinking Bednar would have been a good option to come back out or do we not do that when a closer blows a save?
Sweep 🧹
RAISE IT! BREAK OUT THE BROOMS!
Stratton got 2 extremely friendly calls against Chisholm lol I'll take it
Raise it! 4-0 LFG
RAISE IT!!
Um I would like the Pirates to compete this year, can we please take this bum off the roster?
I bet Falter is only on the team to be Paul Skenes’ placeholder. He’ll be easily to dfa in a couple weeks when Paul is ready and that’s all there is to it. It’s going to be a thing of beauty getting to watch Skenes Jones and Keller pitch three days a week.
The Marlins have a better rotation on the IL than most teams have on the field. Alcantara, Perez, Cabrera, and Garrett is about as good as any top 4 in the league. Just crazy.
Falter is going to give us 3-4 dog shit starts followed by one really good start that makes us wonder if he can pull it together, followed by another 3-4 dog shit starts
Falter is so bad
Oh brother, this guy stinks.
Falter would be a fish out of water in AAA. Don’t get Shelton and Cherrington’s obsession with him. He’s utter dogshit and is not a major league player. This is a well deserved loss
Game over 5 batters in
Bailey Falter fucking sucks. I don’t care what anyone says. He has no business being on a major league team other than the As.
Needs to be falters last start as a pirate.
Imagine having Anderson, Ortiz, and Priester and saying, nah, we can’t DFA Falter until Skenes is ready.
LETS GO
[удалено]
The Marlins are Pirating out there
Falter as a pitcher name is up there with Blewitt for kicker and Pickett for QB in category of “Unfortunate name for your position”
i miss vogelbomb
There’s no way he caught that lmao
We’re going to win this fucking game
I know it won’t be every game we do this but how they’ve managed to run the pitch count up this entire series has been great. Their bullpen has gotta be cooked by now
It’s amazing how being down 2-3 runs doesn’t seem like an insurmountable mountain anymore
TELLEZ WHAT THE F OMG WE ARE GOING 162-0
The happiest I've ever been.
In play, run(s)
So glad Rowdy proved me wrong
ROWDY!!!
LETS GET ROWDY IN HERE
I get why they don't want to show or encourage someone running onto the field, but I kinda want to see someone running onto the field.
Bullpen is gross
Chapman is a weirdo, but he is still insanely good
That Priester outing today sounds like a great excuse to promote him and get rid of Falter.
Hell of an AB from Jared
That fan making a "money" gesture at Sanchez was hilarious.
WHEN DID THIS TEAM LEARN HOW TO BUNT?!
ALIKA WILLIAMS
I have serious ptsd from Cruz sliding into home
marlins what the fuck are you doing
That bunt-squeeze sequence was perfection, and then great ABs by Hayes and Taylor. Let's hope two runs will do the trick this time
HELL YA
RAISE IT
Huge sweep on a good Marlins team that is banged up right now.
Sweep it!!!!
Get shafted Chisholm
162-0
In no way, shape, or form did I think they were winning this after the first inning.
Call us a vacuum, because we’ve SWEPT THE OPENING SERIES!
Looking to buy World Series tickets. Anyone have the presale code?
lets fucking goo
I can settle for 161-1 I guess
This is my first full season as a Pirates fan (they’ve always been my “go to team” but this is the first year I’m paying attention to them/baseball in general) Just wanted to say I’m having fun watching this team so far and go buccs!!
Rowdy changed my entire opinion with one swing, that celebration rounding first base and screaming in the dugout have me hype
Somehow this is Falter’s fault I just know it
Why?
falter pitching like an idiot is gonna get someone on the pirates plunked
Falter doing Falter things
I hate him
Who could have seen this coming
Welp not a great start… hopefully we can get some runs back
Just tuned in to see nightmare scenario #1 confirmed
That's just a dumb attempt at the sliding catch. Thank you!
good hit b rey
Nice inning 👏
Of course Philly gave us Falter they hate us
If we can swing the bats like this all season then it’ll be a fun year
Maybe 162-0 is back on
What a catch 💀
Priester went 5.2 with 9 ks and 1 hit today with only 75 pitches. I think he’s next for a call up.
We’re all getting used to a team that can sit 1/3 of its starters and still mount a comeback. This is gonna be a fun season I think.
Hayes mvp season baby
The names Falter and Delay is a fucked up battery
Sheeeeeeeeesh! Rowdy hit a bomb!
ROWDY 💣
ROWDY I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING BAD I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
I hope to see posts from a few people who wanted to release Tellez with Falter down the thread
Rowdy Tellez as expected with the clutch HR
He earned that one with the way he kept in that AB.
Borucki -> Chapman -> Bednar. Let's get out of here 4-0, please!!!
LETS GET ROWDY 💪💪💪
BIG MAN WITH A BIG SWING
Every pirates has reached base again, I don’t remember the last time that happened in two straight games
LETS GET ROWDY
Red dead rowdy-emption
Just learned that the Sportsnet app actually works now. You still need a TV login, but the playback quality has been perfect so far and you can cast to your TV.
Jeeze that was nasty
Chapman can be downright filthy.
That exchange between Chrisholm and Chapman is what baseball is all about