‘We’ve got a lot of dudes in here with good stuff.’ The Pirates’ pitching staff is growing up fast
Associated PressPITTSBURGH — Derek Shelton emerged from the dugout at sweltering PNC Park and trotted toward the mound to take the ball from Mitch Keller early in the eighth inning on Wednesday. It’s really cool.” While Skenes is 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings during his seven starts — starts that are increasingly feeling like events in a city where the Pirates have largely been an afterthought for the past half-decade — he’s hardly doing it alone. “There’s a lot of smart guys in this room,” Holderman said. “Today was a tough day with Keller, Holderman and Bednar, they executed their pitches and they have really great stuff to go with it.” Pittsburgh plans to rely on the staff heavily as it tries to gain traction to seriously contend for a postseason spot for the first time since the club won 98 games in 2015. “We’ve got a lot of dudes in here with good stuff,” Holderman said.
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