Today is the first full team workout in Bradenton and while more players than you’d think were already there, today it becomes official. It’s exciting every season, no matter what I think the outcome of the season will be, that’s the renewed hope, or at least hope that you see a bit of promise each Spring delivers.
Author Archives: Gary Morgan
Building a New Pirates Culture
In baseball once you’ve decided to embark on an aggressive and focused build based on young, high upside talent, you know you’re in for a long haul.
Top Ten Pirates Spring Storylines to Watch
The first game of Spring is scheduled for next Sunday, and thank God because it gets really old listening to all the platitudes and fluff that everyone has to put out from the time pitchers and catchers report to the time they throw a pitch in anger.
Discovering the Pirates Leadership Group
You’d never believe that on top of podcasting, and writing and social media that we have more baseball talk in us, but at least 3-4 times a week Craig Toth and I wind up getting into deep baseball conversations and it goes on all night.
A Pirates State of Mind
Yesterday, new broke that Fernando Tatis Jr. signed a monster extension with the Padres. Specifically a 14 year, 340 Million dollar extension, and good for him, he’s quite possibly the most electric young player in baseball.
Let’s Talk Pirates Bullpen Construction
The Pirates obviously improved every facet of the ball club way back in the early 2010’s as the window became apparent. Quite possibly the most underrated yet most important part of that window opening was on the mound.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 2-15-21
We begin another week here at Inside the Bucs Basement and real baseball is ramping up this week as pitchers and catchers report for their first workout on Wednesday. Normal is a relative term but it figures to be a lot closer than 2020 was at the very least.
Bubble Players, Position Battles and the Construction of the Pirates 26-Man Roster
There always seems to be a sense of finality to the final cuts in Spring Training. For some, it’s one more rejection in a career filled with them, for others the last time they’ll experience it.
Cole Tucker Needs to Grab 2021 by the Throat and Not Let Go
The Pirates first round selection (24) in the 2014 MLB draft class has a litany of attractive and impressive attributes, but on this team, he’ll quickly find himself out of chances unless he can prove he and his thus far anemic bat belong.
Let’s Talk Pirates Starting Rotation
Sure, sure, they could still sign a guy. There are still options out there, but let’s be honest, even if they get one of them, it’s going to be a vet who at best slots in to the back of the rotation and eats some innings.
Steel City Pirates 