Gary Morgan

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

As baseball continues to hibernate, this weekly feature is still churning along. Sometimes news is the very silence itself coming from both sides of this negotiation, other times the silence will cause people to take a crack at suggesting fixes.

The Pirates Plan Hasn’t Changed, Patience of the Fans Has

I chose to start covering the Pirates right before the Pirates fired Neal Huntington and even before that move was made I knew this organization was about to embark on a painful process.

Timelines, ETAs, and Rankings are Great, but When Does it Start to Matter for the Pittsburgh Pirates Product?

We get lost in the fog of war sometimes covering a baseball franchise. Most people are happy with the talent being brought into the system by Ben Cherington. Most people are even ok with following out a logical timing for progression to declare when the Pirates might be good again.

Expanded Playoffs in MLB Sounds Like a No Brainer, Right?

More playoff spots, equals more opportunity for teams that can’t compete regularly right?

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Oh No! Baseball is locked out, what will we ever do for content? Oh my, there’s plenty to discuss from today, and with 132 seasons under our belt as a franchise, we won’t struggle.

To the Fans. Well, We’ll See Won’t We?

For decades now, the owners played fast and loose with ignoring the economic realities of the game. The players have ignored the realities of how young players have fared in the game, and finally neither side has enough left to offer.

Make Sense of All These Moves!

It was late last night when I received a text from my producer of my podcast the Pirates Fan Forum. Eddie Provident is a guy who loves all Pittsburgh sports but he’s also young and had all but given up hope on the Pirates after 2016, well, until he started listening to me and Jim Stamm do our show.

Pirates Add Roberto Perez

The worst kept secret in the Pittsburgh Pirates to do list was to find an MLB catcher to replace the surprising trade of Jacob Stallings. Today they found their man, Roberto Perez on a one year deal worth 5 million dollars.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving being with family and friends, I for one feel like I start every family function with an impromptu half hour Pirates Q&A. So, in the spirit of coming together and trying like hell to have good conversations let’s dig in to today’s Five Thoughts.

Arbitration Tender Deadline Moved Up, Who’s Safe, Who’s Not?

These decisions deserve a bit more thought than just believing they haven’t been good enough. That’s of course true, but I can’t ignore that replacements might be similar and cost more.