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Season storyline: Quinn Priester rejoins Pirates

Quinn Priester makes MLB return Former top prospect called up to majors following injury to Marco Gonzales   The Pittsburgh Pirates’ rotation to start the year he been a welcome surprise. Between Martin Perez holding a 2.55 earned run average (ERA) and Jared Jones setting the baseball world on fire to start his career, the rotation has kept them in most games this season. After Marco Gonzales landed on the injured list because of a left forearm muscle strain, Quinn Priester will be the next man up to continue the success. Priester’s first major league stint was not what Pirates’ fans had been hoping for. The former top prospect had lost some of his velocity and his good breaking stuff was not enough to make up for a fastball that was too hittable. The strikeouts were also not enough to make up for how hard he was getting hit in 2023. Albeit in a small sample size, Priester may be on the verge of a resurgence after working on those problems. After being drafted at ...
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The BSR Mission

The BSR Mission

By Aidan Treu 

The goal is to provide input and new ideas to the Pittsburgh sports landscape through a variety of different forms of content while fostering a positive community and discussion.

What to expect 

On-season content will consist primarily of season storylines, player highlights, prospect highlights and mock trades. Off-season content will focus on potential team acquisitions, draft profiles and the free agency cycle with the timing of each post varying between MLB and the NFL's differing schedules. 

Sports discourse is better when there is healthy debate.  Stories will be written with the intention of starting discussion. I will be sharing my own opinions but I would also love to see if and why readers disagree in the comments.

Season storylines

If a player or the team is coming close to breaking a record or achieving something not seen everyday, the storyline will be explained and given context so readers can follow along themselves.

Player highlights and prospect highlights

Stories focusing on individual players will include basic stats, available analytics, projections, grades and opinions on whether they will have a successful future with the Pirates or Steelers.

 Mock trades and potential team acquisitions

These stories will analyze players, coaches and staff who could fill holes on the Pirates' and Steelers' current rosters or be beneficial to the future of either team.

Draft profiles

Draft profiles will follow college or high school athletes who may be a good fit in Pittsburgh or are generally intriguing prospects. Depending on the time of year, these stories will include stats, athletic profiles and available analytics. They will also be more focused on player talent and the best players available than articles about free agents.

Free agency cycle

These stories will be similar to draft profiles and potential team acquisitions but based more on team needs than the former and involve news about prospective players going to other teams as opposed to the ladder.

Open discussion

If enough ideas are shared in reaction to BSR posts of any type, there will be follow-up stories sharing community responses with differing opinions about how the teams should be handled and what moves they should make.

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