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Is this the year my beloved Pirates win their first World Series since '79?

Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:00 am
Posted by 308
the backwoods of Mississippi
Member since Sep 2020
3223 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:00 am
Someone please give me some reason to hope.
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
772 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:13 am to
I don't think they'll be worse than the Cards, so they got that going for them.
Posted by CONNECTICUTTIGER
RHODE ISLAND
Member since Apr 2006
1175 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:43 am to
Top 5 rotation in MLB
Posted by Patfic15
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2018
4320 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:52 am to
I wish Skenes would refuse to play. The Pirates are and have been an absolute joke throughout the last 30 years.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
149876 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:54 am to
Probably not
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129560 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:55 am to
Pirates are a very trendy pick to maybe be a wildcard team this year.
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
7248 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:02 am to
quote:

I wish Skenes would refuse to play


I thank Skenes for the CWS run, just like Burrow though he is now a pro and whatever happens happens.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
149876 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:08 am to
Fangraphs projection likes them more than PECOTA does. Will see but they are in the crab bucket of teams who can probably get 83 to 85 wins and be the 3rd wild card team in
This post was edited on 3/26/26 at 7:10 am
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
9965 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:27 am to
No
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61248 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:34 am to
No, they contend for wild card till late August then fade into nothing, just like all the 'good' years since Y2K
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
63295 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:41 am to
They finally made a bunch of moves to actually score some runs. If you look at their lineup then imagine Griffin in there at some point (and the hype is real), you can see them being in the hunt for a WC spot
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
13253 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:47 am to

Always liked Leyland

Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
5467 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:35 am to
quote:

Someone please give me some reason to hope.



Sorry brother. Our Buccos are doomed to another year of mediocrity. I'm just hoping we're not 10 games out of first by the end of April like usual.
Posted by Cliff Booth
Member since Feb 2021
3185 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:45 am to
It's not out the realm for them to get a WC spot and the playoffs are a crapshoot, so sure, why not? Opening Day is for optimism
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
10489 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:09 am to
Jake Mangum is going to lead the pirates to glory
Posted by JW
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2004
5240 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:26 am to
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I wish Skenes would refuse to play. The Pirates are and have been an absolute joke throughout the last 30 years.


how many Pirates game have you been to lately? I was working there and went at least a dozen and they were competitive in almost all, including a win vs the Yankees.

Great stadium, tradition and young rotation. Skenes refusing to play? What an IDIOTIC statement.

The will compete for the central and a WC this season.

Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
10164 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:36 am to
quote:

Is this the year my beloved Pirates win their first World Series since '79?


If the Pirates are leading at the break, you can expect them to trade all of their contributors not named Skenes or Cruz
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
7774 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 11:37 am to
Spencer Jones and Jasson Dominguez should put up numbers after they trade Skenes to the Yankees.
This post was edited on 3/26/26 at 11:38 am
Posted by BamaSaint
Moh-beel
Member since Mar 2013
3926 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 1:04 pm to
Great start for Skenes
Posted by MasonTiger
Mason, Ohio
Member since Jan 2005
18738 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:17 pm to
As a longtime Pirate fan myself, I’m afraid all hope is lost until there is a change of ownership.
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