Gary Morgan

Frequently Asked Pirates Questions, Answered. 7-2-21

uestions, so let’s see if we can’t knock a couple more off the list and deliver some quicker satisfaction to folks asking.

Rockies Finish the Sweep of the Pirates (29-50)

Pirates jumped on the Rockies early in this one, anxious to get the taste of the last two games out of their mouths

Hope Can’t Spring Eternal, Especially When Spring Never Ends

I understand why the Pirates put together a Major League roster like this, and I understand the culture of competition they wanted to spawn. Bringing in hungry players who didn’t get much of a shot with a cup of coffee if they even got a sip makes sense when the top level of your farm system is weaker than wet toilet paper.

Frequently Asked Pirates Questions. Answered

There was a time when I had time to sit down and seriously try to answer as many reader questions as possible. Oh, I don’t mean things like why is Erik Gonzalez playing first base or why can’t the Pirates just cut Polanco, those are quick and easy. I’m talking about the questions that take more thought and explanation to do them justice.

Pirates (29-48) Blanked by Rockies 2-0 in an Uneventful Contest

Tyler Anderson pitched his requisite five innings, and gave up two runs in the process. Now one would think in Colorado that would be good enough to give your team a chance, but instead these teams both were largely silent on the day.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – 6-28-21

Well, I’m back in the Burgh and on cue my air conditioning broke on just about the hottest day of the year. At least I was able to cool myself down in the bliss of beating the Cardinals 3 out of 4.

Pirates (29-43) Ride Perfect Debut from Max Kranick to Take 3 of 4 from Red Birds

Take nothing away from Max here, he did a terrific job and was efficient as it gets, throwing 50 pitches in five innings to shut down the Cardinals 15 up and 15 down.

The Ka’ai Tom Experience – Proof That Doing Nothing is Sometimes Better than Something

As people struggle to justify or explain why Ka’ai Tom keeps getting playing time or keeps his job for that matter, his Rule 5 status often comes up. I think that defense is crap quite frankly, and has no bearing on this decision.

MLB Draft Deep Dive: Utilizing Sim Scores for Player Comparisons – Joe Boyd

Joe Boyd came to me with this idea, I was immediately excited to see how he handled it. What he’s done here is provide you with all the logic behind his comps, then give you a league comparison and a Pirates comparison for each of the projected top draft picks this year. Super cool stuff here from Joe, enjoy! – Gary

Time for the MLB Draft to Evolve

You know, it’s really hard to get excited for the MLB draft. I mean this season the Pirates have the number one overall and I bet even that will only prompt real nuts die hands to watch. It’s not an event, little drama, the athlete’s stories are often pretty vanilla, and you know for damnContinue reading “Time for the MLB Draft to Evolve”