Honest Wagner

New acquisition Wandy Rodriguez starts tonight against Andres Galarraga Jr. and the hapless Astros. Clearly a must-win situation for the Pi...

Good on the Steelers for signing Antonio Brown long term. Mike Wallace has overplayed his hand. I'm not sure what will come of him, but ...

Karstens and Lyles on central time. Not excited about the idea of trading Kevin Correia, who has won seven of his last ten starts. Starters...

Burnett and Keuchel tonight at 8. Two and a half games out of first, the Pirates are literally chasing the Reds, who leave Houston happy.

Getaway day underway. Dempster and Correia dueling; Blatz fumage in the home plate area. Cubs up on a Frank Rizzo home run.

Pirates acquire longtime Pirate-killer Wandy Rodriguez. One less hap for the hapless Astros.

Maholm and McDonald at seven. Pirates are 54-41, a game and a half back of the Votto-less Reds. Facing a pitcher with a pedigree like Maho...

Bedard and Samardzija tonight. Just a half game back, the Bucs need wins against the hapless teams.

Anibal Sanchez and Jeff Karstens in an hour. Pirates are 53-40, 1/2 game out of first. Last year on this day they were 51-46 and one game ...

Big A.J. vs. Lil' Z for the win.

Correia vs. Nolasco tonight. Bucs need a win for a chance at first place tomorrow. If the Bucs trade for a Drew or Scutaro or other upgrade...

No game today. Bucs are tied for first, with the Reds hosting the D-backs today. Preparation for the postseason should not involve rest, but...

J-Mac and Guthrie in a must-win day game. Hopefully some of the infielders can run around in the outfield today.

Quickly looking through the minors for utility infielders who could start in right field, it's clear that Altoona is the first place to ...

Bedard and Friedrice tonight. Bucs need a win to drive away the creeping languor.

Karstens and Francis tonight. The Bucs need to bunt and trade their way back into first place.

A. J. Burnett and Gallardo at two. Here's hoping that Larry Vanover excused himself from last night's Blatz party.

Correia and Estrada at seven. A lot of hand-wringing about last night's bloodbath, but any team will lose a game like that, here and th...

McDonald vs. Greinke tonight, if Zack can avoid getting ejected. The Bucs are only one game up, so to stay in first place and continue thei...

All but two of the Bucs rest while Cutch assures home-field advantage for the Bucs in the World Series. Then Hairyhands will probably try to...