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PLAYER POS. COMMUNITY ZiPS ACTUAL Ian Snell SP 200 IP, 173 K, 67 BB, 3.84 ERA 191 IP, 157 K, 62 BB, 4.48 ERA 164 IP, 135 K, 89 BB, 5.42 ERA Azibuck was really idiosyncratic in his...

Most years, it seems that the Pirates are about average in either runs scored or runs allowed and dramatically below average on the other. This can lead fans to argue that if they only spent some...

Most impressive here were the eight scoreless innings of relief by the Pirates' bullpen. Amazingly, Craig Hansen has now gone four consecutive outings without allowing a run. Tyler Yates struck out...

The ninth inning of this one may feel important right now--Yadier Molina gift-wrapped three runs for the Pirates with an inexplicable string of poor defensive decisions, and then John Grabow and T...

Vlad was actually one of the pierogies in tonight's race. I'll let him describe it. Ian Snell recovered from a spotty first inning and got his first win since... well, at least the Carter...

Without exceeding fair-use limits, it's really hard to find a blockquote for the beginning of this Post-Gazette article that explains its argument well, so I suggest you go read it. But here's a...

This is a pretty interesting article that shows how pitchers' velocity fluctuates throughout games. One of the findings is that most starting pitchers don't throw at peak velocity until 15 or so...

Well, Brandon Webb took a no-hitter into the sixth, which tells you a lot of what you need to know about this game. Ian Snell did at least rack up strikeouts; his control was all over the place,...

Tough game for the Pirates, who managed to rack up eleven hits, including two doubles and a homer, against a good pitcher (Ben Sheets) and still only score one run. Part of the problem was that...

This one looked like one of those epic Pirates games where the team doesn't even look that impressive -- Ian Snell somehow allowed just one run despite six walks in seven innings, and the Pirates'...