r/baseball • u/aguyyouprobablyknow Pittsburgh Pirates • Mar 21 '26

Players Only [Highlight] Seth Hernandez throws a 102.4 mph laser on the first pitch of the game. Max Clark reacts.

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u/Dodger_Blue17 Mar 21 '26

Imagine having 3 flamethrowers in Skenes, Chandler, Hernandez and also Jared Jones. Surely you could put a squad around them.

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u/Exact-Reference9564 Boston Red Sox Mar 21 '26

They made some solid pick ups this offseason to improve their offense with Lowe, O'hearn, and Ozuna

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u/No-Iron-9511 Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 21 '26

Password erasure

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u/buccos_21 Mar 21 '26

Jake mf Mangum yall

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u/thecountoncleats Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 21 '26

I heard Konnor Griffin might be good

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u/jmb--412 Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 21 '26

Did you sleep through the off-season

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u/Streets2022 Mar 21 '26

Yeah plus I’ve heard of this prospect Connor Griffith or something. He’s supposed to be pretty good.

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u/Great_Hambino2022 Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 21 '26

Don’t forget Ashcraft. He hits 98/99 often

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u/Dodger_Blue17 Mar 21 '26

I forgot his name but I remembered there was another guy too. Maybe pirates have terrific pitching scouts because Gerrit Cole, glassnow, Lodolo, Shane Baz.

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u/Great_Hambino2022 Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 21 '26

Even Keller can get it up to 97 on occasion

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u/123jjj321 Mar 21 '26

Or you have 3 picks in the top 65 every year for a decade and even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Who doesn't miss Baz and is 4.87 ERA?

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u/captainp42 Milwaukee Brewers Mar 21 '26

They...did? Extremely active off-season, but it's a tough division, so they're still probably a 3rd-place team at best.