Gary Morgan

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

Quality questions equal fun answers to write. Thanks everyone let’s keep going with these all off season.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – 76-86 is a Significant Improvement, Time to Add

This offseason, the payroll will increase. Some players will be rewarded in arbitration, probably looking at another extension or two and yes, they’ll have to add payroll either in free agency or via trades.

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

Another awesome session, this one almost entirely driven on Twitter. Send me questions anytime you’d like during the week, I’ll always try to give you and your question an honest shake.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Yes, it’s a Losing Season…

The Pirates will finish the season with a losing record, just clinched that yesterday with their loss to the Reds. That said, the Pirates have done some excellent work in the second half of the season, much of it by guys who matter too.

Derek Shelton Deserves Criticism and Praise for 2023

Nuance and social media have come to not often enjoy each other’s company. Everything tends to boil down to the harshest of outcomes.

Guys Like Palacios & Andujar are Forcing Decisions this Offseason for Pirates

Even as Joshua Palacios and Miguel Andujar continue to hit baseballs and contribute to the Pirates strong season finish, it’s not easy to place either on the 26-man roster to begin 2024.

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

Lots of roster questions this week, good stuff everyone. These things are as good as you make them. Pardon my wedding story at the beginning, I just had to.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The 70 Win Mark

Today is a big long look at what’s coming. Not the end of the season, but how this whole thing will progress.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Baseball and 9-11 will always be intertwined. The sports world played a huge role in helping to heal the nation and I’ll never shake the images of our President throwing out the first pitch.

Detailing the Pirates Roster with an Eye Toward 2024

As soon as the last pitch is thrown in 2023 there will be immediate calls for blindly spending money and judgements will be passed on players who in some cases have had little more than 100 at bats in the league, if that.