Zach Duke

As I write the pirates have a record of 13-15. They have just completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs capping off the series with an 11-1 victory tonight. In 1-run games this year the Pirates are 6-1. People tend to relate a team’s record in 1-run games to their overall talent level. The Pirates are a respectable 6-4 over their last 10 games, a ten game stretch that included their first two wins in Milwaukee in over 20 games. That being said, over that same ten game stretch the Bucs lost 3 of 4...Read Full Story

Zach Duke made his first start of spring training, pitching two innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Friday night. An All-Star last season, Duke is likely to start for the Pirates on opening day. He gave up one run and two hits in this one before Pittsburgh rallied for its first win of the spring. Adam Jones hit a solo home run off Daniel McCutchen, trying to win a spot in the Pirates' rotation. It was the Orioles' ninth home run in three games. Baltimore's...Read Full Story

Wednesday’s cutting of Melvin Mora was a step in the right direction, but the Diamondbacks shouldn’t stop there in changing up their roster for the stretch run of the final couple months of the season. Zach Duke and Juan Miranda are the two next guys that Kevin Towers needs to move off of the roster. View and VoteRead Full Story

The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to cut down on All-Star pitcher Zach Duke's workload this season. Duke has made at least 30 starts in three of his first four full seasons in the majors. The exception was 2007, when shoulder problems limited him to 19 starts. Duke didn't miss a start last season but faded over the final two months. On Saturday, pitching coach Joe Kerrigan said the amount of work Duke put in between starts might have been the culprit. "We'll have to take a look at that...Read Full Story

As I write the pirates have a record of 13-15. They have just completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs capping off the series with an 11-1 victory tonight. In 1-run games this year the Pirates are 6-1. People tend to relate a team’s record in 1-run games to their overall talent level. The Pirates are a respectable 6-4 over their last 10 games, a ten game stretch that included their first two wins in Milwaukee in over 20 games. That being said, over that same ten game stretch the Bucs lost 3 of 4...Read Full Story