This Pittsburgh Pirate team has a lot of upside. 25 and 28 in the merry month of May is not bad for the Buccos. Could we be headed for a June swoon? I hope not, their pitching is too good this 2011 campaign. On May 9, the Pirates beat the Dodgers and were over .500 for the first time in May since 2004. The big dis-appointment so far has been the weak bat of Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez has 42 strike outs in a 126 at bats. One out of 3 times he comes to the plate he strikes out. With only 2 home runs, Alvarez is certainly headed in the wrong direction. Pedro Alvarez' has a real long swing and he is really baffled by the sweeping curve ball from lefties. With my opinion, Alvarez should choke up on the bat and shorten his swing and maybe even move up in the batters box. The Bucs need a steady home run hitter and Andrew McCutchen is showing he can hit the long ball. What a sweet pick-up Kevin Correia was and in the long term, James McDonald looks like he has excellent potential on the mound. Hopefully when Steelers training camp arrives(it may never arrive this year), the Pittsburgh fans will not drop the guillotine on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Modern statistics are not on their side this year. By June 1, a team under .500 has a only a 9% chance of making the playoffs but the Pirates are playing real good baseball.
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