Locked On Pirates - Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Pirates - Ep 543: Pittsburgh Pirates Offense Shows Life v Tigers, Luis Ortiz Struggling, Consistency is Key & More!

Ep 543: Pittsburgh Pirates Offense Shows Life v Tigers, Luis Ortiz Struggling, Consistency is Key & More!

05/17/23 • 31 min

Locked On Pirates - Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates split a two-game set w/ the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday and Wednesday, with each team shutting out the other in both games. The Pirates offense woke up on Wednesday afternoon, scoring their most runs in a game all month and snapping a 14-game streak of four runs or less dating back to Apr 30 against the Nationals.

With the offense finally showing life, is is something we can expect moving forward or will consistency continue to be an issue for the bats? Luis Ortiz struggled in his second start of 2023, as command and off-speed gave him fits against a lesser Tigers lineup. Does Ortiz go back down to AAA once Vince Velasquez returns? Patience a key w/ Ortiz w/ Mitch Keller being a prime example?

Finally, Rodolfo Castro, Connor Joe and others contributed in a big way on Wednesday, something the Pirates will need from the supporting cast moving forward. All of that and more from today's episode of Locked On Pirates.

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Ep 542: Pittsburgh Heads to Detroit! Advantages & Disadvantages? Luis Ortiz Second Start & More!

The Pittsburgh Pirates season rolls on and that means a new series as the Pirates head to Detroit to take on the Tigers for two games to begin this weeks games.

The Tigers are an interesting team that despite a slow start has picked up things as of late despite a sub-.500 record while the Pirates have come down to earth after their best start in a decade. What advantages do the Pirates have over the Tigers? What disadvantages can the Tigers take advantage of? How do the Pirates take both games(or at least one)?

In tonight's game, Luis Ortiz gets his second start of the 2023 season following the Vince Velasquez injury. Bouncing off of what Gary Morgan spoke about on Monday's show, if Ortiz shows out, what does that mean for the starting rotation with Velasquez rehabbing this week and a return imminent?

Ethan Smith will also give his predictions for the series and who he thinks will be the difference maker for Pittsburgh in this series.

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Ep 544: Mailbag Friday! Next Player Call-up? Win Now Mentality? SP Development? & More

Well, Friday's are now Mailbag Friday's on the Locked On Pirates Podcast, so get ready every week to have your questions ready for host Ethan Smith as he'll answer every single one on today's show.

Joined by Craig Toth, Ethan and Craig answers all of your questions via Twitter, ranging from player call-ups, a win mentality, starting pitching development, Ke'Bryan Hayes offensive "issues", not giving up on a certain player, carrying more bench players than bullpen arms and one former player in their prime Ethan and Craig would bring back to the current team.

All of that and more on today's first episode of Locked On Pirates with another coming postgame tonight.

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