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The Pittsburgh Pirates have something special with their starting rotation, arguably the best group of pitchers they've had in over 30 years, and urgency is paramount to build around this group, but being smart about it is just as important. All of that and more from Ethan Smith and Gary Morgan on today's episode of Locked On Pirates. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Ibotta Right now, Ibotta is offering our listeners $5 just ...

Folks, Paul Skenes is here, and he is dangerous. Host Ethan Smith goes live following Pittsburgh versus Chicago, headlined by a masterful performance for Skenes in his second start as a MLB pitcher. Ethan shares his reactions, thoughts on the performance and discusses the rest of the game on today's live edition of Locked On Pirates. 

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On today's episode of Locked On Pirates, host Ethan Smith discusses the series loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, which means the Pirates have yet to win a series versus the NL Central so far this year. This stretch has also not been kind to Pittsburgh, so what can they do to put a good stretch together?

Also, Jared Jones & Paul Skenes will face the Chicago Cubs over the next two days, much like they did over the past weekend. Both star...

It's Wednesday & welcome back to Locked On Pirates.

On today's episode, host Ethan Smith discusses Connor Joe and his scorching hot bat, why he needs to be a more steady presence in the lineup everyday and what his contributions mean for the offense overall. 

Also, we've seen quite a bit of shakeup in the Pirates bullpen over the past few days, with some familiar names going out and some familiar names coming back into the fold. What...

On today's episode of Locked On Pirates, host Ethan Smith is joined by Gary Morgan to discuss a wild weekend of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, ranging from the highly anticipated debut of Paul Skenes, Oneil Cruz heating up, the bullpen and its bad weekend, what the weekend meant for the future of Pirates baseball and so much more!

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As part of our second feature episode of the day for Paul Skenes debut, host Ethan Smith is joined by Locked On LSU host Caroline Fenton as she shares her perspective on the debut of Skenes, why he is a generational prospect, what he learned at the collegiate level that could translate to the big and so much more.

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It's Paul Skenes day, and Ethan Smit has been getting perspectives from many different sides on Skenes' debut, and on this feature, Ethan invites host of Locked On MLB and temporary host of Locked On A's Paul Francis Sullivan, Sully of course for short, to discuss the call-up, what it means for MLB, the Pirates and why Skenes could be beginning a new era of ace pitchers returning to the game. 

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On today's crossover episode, host Ethan Smith and Locked On Cubs host Sam Olbur discuss the introduction of Paul Skenes to the series this weekend, what it means for the series overall, why the series is important for both teams, how each team's issues compare and the history between the Buccos and the Cubbies. 

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Folks, the time is now for Paul David Skenes to make his MLB debut, and he'll do so this Saturday versus the Chicago Cubs. 

Host of Locked On Pirates, Ethan Smith, breaks down the huge news we all received Wednesday, headlining the expectations for Skenes, how his call-up effects the makeup of the starting rotation, why the timing couldn't have been any better and so much more as the most highly anticipated prospect debut in Pittsbu...

We are live on today's episode of Locked On Pirates, and host Ethan Smith is answering questions from the live audience while previewing the final game of the series in a rubber match against the LA Angels, but more importantly, Ethan takes a look at what will be the Pirates biggest test of the season so far with 10 consecutive games versus the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers awaiting them beginning on Friday. 

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Welcome back to Locked On Pirates everyone!

On today's show, host Ethan Smith discusses the Pittsburgh Pirates victory over the LA Angels on Monday, headlined by Mitch Keller's complete game. Keller has had his struggles to begin 2024, but will the one-run, complete game showing propel Keller back into ace form?

Following that, Ethan discusses Oneil Cruz, who has picked things up as of late, and why he is so important to the Pirates ...

On today's episode, host Ethan Smith and Gary Morgan are back to kickstart your week of Pirates baseball, discussing the series win over the Colorado Rockies, Paul Skenes start on Sunday versus the Buffalo Bisons as he inches closer to the bigs and a look ahead at what should be an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Pirates, all of today's episode of Locked On Pirates. 

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Welcome to Locked On Pirates on Friday, May 3rd! On today's show, host Ethan Smith heads over to Locked On Rockies, as he sits down with LOR host Paul Holden to discuss the upcoming weekend series, why each team is struggling the way they are as of late, which front office each would rather have moving forward and well, Connor Joe. All of that an more on today's episode of Locked On Pirates. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! D...

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost yet another series late on Tuesday night, losing again to the Oakland A's, and honestly, it felt like watching the same game we've watched for the past two weeks. 

Host Ethan discusses why the Pirates are the definition of insanity, doing the same things night in and night out and expecting different results. When/how does it end? Is the "philosophy" dooming the expectations this team had? And more. 

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Making history is something that is usually followed by celebration, but for the Pirates offense, that is far from the case. 

The Pirates offense continues to struggle, and the statistics back up that notion, so what do they at this point of futility offensively to get off their historically low offensive outputs?

Also, changes need to be made with the offense at some point, be it a call-up or a change in philosophy. Speaking of pote...

On today's episode of Locked On Pirates, host Ethan Smith and Monday guest Gary Morgan take a look at the month of April, a month that arguably saw the Pirates at their absolute best and their absolute worst. 

What's going right? What's going wrong? What over-arching story was told? All of that and more on today's episode of Locked On Pirates. 

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The Pirates are 25 games into the '24 season, and although we cannot make final decisions on players right now, we can ask ourselves if their stock is up or down. 

Host Ethan Smith is joined by an old friend of the show Craig Toth to discuss this topic, as they go player by player discussing if their stock is on the rise or if its time to worry a bit on today's episode of Locked On Pirates. 

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It's Wednesday and happy hump day!

On today's episode, host Ethan Smith discusses the Pittsburgh Pirates victory over the Brewers on Tuesday evening, their second straight win over the Brew Crew. Bailey Falter had quite the evening, continuing a string of dominance from starting pitching that many of us didn't expect. The starting pitching highlights the top of the show and Ethan discusses why he thinks it can continue to be efficie...

It's Tuesday, and that means another episode of Locked On Pirates.

On today's show, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally got back in the win column, snapping their six-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, led by Jared Jones, who just continues to make history with each start he makes. Is Jones setting the bar for the rest of the Pirates young pitchers and can he continue to be strong as the season progresses?

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