Bench Troubles and The 1st Base Situation/Reactions to Pedro Alvarez

Discussing the Chris Dickerson trade and the Pittsburgh Pirates bench

Bench Troubles (Audio)

Discussing the current 1st base situation and potential fixes, as well as the fan reactions to Pedro Alvarez

1st Base Situation/Reactions to Pedro Alvarez (Audio) 

7/10/14: Intro to Pastime Pathways and The Mishandling of the Bullpen/Overvaluing of Closers

Introduction to new Baseball research website titled Pastime Pathways

Intro to Pastime Pathways



Discussion on the mishandling of the Pirates' bullpen by manager Clint Hurdle, and also about how closers are overvalued in the Major Leagues.

Mishandling of the Bullpen/Overvaluing of Closers

BucCast 7/6/14: Pirates Pitching, Hitting, and Trade Talk

Welcome to BucCast with Michael Mawhinney and Brian Hannon!  BucCast is a podcast about your very own Pittsburgh Pirates, using stats and insight to analyze the Pirates and their players, and hosts Michael Mawhinney and Brian Hannon offer their opinions about the team using these stats, as well as information provided by multiple sports outlets and others in the sports world.  Hope you enjoy!

In the first BucCast podcast, we discuss the current situations with the pitching staff and the offense, as well as addressing trade speculation, while adding some ideas of our own to fuel some more trade speculation.  Below are the links to the three different segments of the first BucCast!

Introduction/Pirates Pitching Situation

Pirates Hitting Situation

Trade Talk