Friday, May 14, 2010

Pirates offensive explosion or sign of trouble

The Pirates won today against the Cubs and won big. Just 5 below .500. The big news today is that McCutchen and Jones each got 5 hits. Both had a homerun. And in that lies the problem. Jones had a 3 run shot. McCutchen had a solo shot. Jones hit a single earlier to score McCutchen. The Pirates lose big without them. The Pirates have to depend on these two, but they cannot lean this much on them. Both getting a homer and five hits is pretty unlikely to be a regular things. The Pirates gave up six runs, so the rest of the team needs to pick it up.
No hits for Iwamura. No hits for Cedano. Pearce still hitting under .200. Two many holes in the line up. Way too many.

Expect to see Walker by the end of May, and Clement down in the AAA. Not long after that will see Tabata up and a platoon system set up with Pearce playing against lefties and Jones in the outfiedl, and Jones at first against righties and Tabata playing outfield. My thoughts.

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