Even as the Pirates and every other team in the league for that matter, are selecting players they hope one day might represent their organizations in the All Star Game one day, every team is also suiting up their representatives and shipping them off to Seattle for this year’s festivities.
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Pirates Select Paul Skenes Number 1 Overall – Adding Potential Huge Piece of the Puzzle
Bottom line, The Pirates added a fantastic prospect, he’ll be the Pirates number 1 prospect immediately, and I suspect fairly high on the MLB Top 100 as well.
Early Fireworks, Solid Bullpen Salvage Win Ahead of All Star Break (41-49)
7/9/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on TwitterBreaking out a bullpen game ahead of a 4-day break, Pirates managed to end the first half of the season on a high note, netting a 4-2 victory over the NL West leading Arizona Diamondbacks. Pittsburgh led off with Carmen Mlodzinski – who made his first start with theContinue reading “Early Fireworks, Solid Bullpen Salvage Win Ahead of All Star Break (41-49)”
Two Guys Talkin’ Trades Buccos in the OF
Trade season is underway!
Minor League News And Brews: It All Starts In Bradenton
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3n627-144fb76 Craig is joined once again by Eric Garfield (aka @Eric_Birdland) from the Florida Prospect Report to discuss what’s been going on down in the FCL (Florida Complex League) and FSL (Florida State League) with a number of notable Pirates Prospects. Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and is a huge PittsburghContinue reading “Minor League News And Brews: It All Starts In Bradenton”
Pirates 2023 MLB Draft Preview
7/7/23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) When you have the 1st Overall Pick-especially in a year where there are at least 3 to 4 players near the same talent level, or project-ability depending on who you ask-things can get a little muddled. Throw in some genuine misunderstanding-at the very least-and misrepresenting-at theContinue reading “Pirates 2023 MLB Draft Preview”
Pirates Need to Reset with the All Star Break
The All Star game is great for the players selected to participate, and it’s good for fans who enjoy such exhibitions, but for this team, this year, it needs to be great because it gives them time to shuffle the deck and come out of the break ready to write a fresh chapter.
Top 15 Plus 5 More Update
There was a lot of movement in the system this week, but most of it took place after Monday, so we will not see it reflected here. Sorry about that. But hey, it does give us something to look forward to in next week’s updates!
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
Ahh, nothing like a West Coast trip to ensure the Pirates do things we don’t see when they play earlier for us.
Pirates Use Offensive Fireworks in July 4th Victory Over LA Dodgers: (40-45)
The Pittsburgh Pirates and LA Dodgers dealt with fireworks being shot off in the parking all night on July 4, but those weren’t the only fireworks the two teams had in mind.
Steel City Pirates 