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2006 Pittsburgh Pirates Predictions
Increase your chances of cashing in with baseball betting this summer
with our 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates predictions. If only the Pirates
still had Barry Bonds? They did pick up 2-time All-star and perennial
.300 hitter Sean Casey from Cincinnati in exchange for a young question
mark pitcher in Dave Williams. I think Pittsburgh comes out ahead on
this deal but it won’t be near enough to put them over the hump in the
NL Central. Pittsburgh put up 3 straight seasons of 70 wins or more
before fading to just 67 victories in 2005. This number will likely sink
again this season. They also are looking for Jeromy Burnitz, who they
signed to a one-year deal, to give them a big lift from the left side of
the plate. Although, he might have been the best available player, what
the Pirates really need are some strong right-handed sticks to alleviate
their major trouble with left-handed hurlers. Over the past 3 seasons,
if you were to have gone against Pittsburgh as a greater than +150 dog
when they were facing a lefty starter, you would have been 16-2. This is
a very strong trend that you will want to look for this season. However,
trends are subject to change and the addition of Randa, Casey, and
Burnitz could cause some positive changes. Jason Bay is really emerging
as a star for the Bucs. Last year he played in every single game while
hitting 32 home runs, getting 101 runs across the plate, and scoring 110
runs himself while batting an amazing .306. This is one young star for
Pittsburgh fans to keep an eye on as he progress into a super star.
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The Pirates look to be trying to mold their team to be more like the
Reds hoping that they’ll be able to outscore teams. But it appears that
they’ll run into the same problems as Cincinnati had on the mound as the
Bucs don’t have a proven pitching staff or even a dominant starter. They
gave up their top wins guy, Williams, for Casey, and Wells, their
runner-up in wins, will likely miss the entire season with a blocked
artery and Pittsburgh has said that they’ll try to fill the void from
within the organization. They’re in a terrible pitching predicament, but
with the addition of some players they could support their pitchers
better than last season. See how this team develops in the early going.
The 2006 Pirates have the makings of a good overs team. The pressure
will be on Zach Duke, he came in the middle of the season to go 8-2 with
a 2.92 ERA. Oliver Perez was dangerous until what is believed to be a
lack of conditioning set him back to a 5.85 ERA last season. Kip Wells
went 8-18 with a 5.09 ERA, not exactly what they had in mind, but all
three of these guys are relatively young and will need to grow if the
Pirates are going to do anything this season. The bullpen is shaky at
best, which will put more pressure on these young arms to shoulder even
more of the load late into games.
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