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How Can You Watch Such a Bad Pirates Baseball Team?

Of all the questions I’ve been asked since starting to cover the Pirates none is more frequent than “how can you watch this crappy team every night?” or “I feel bad for you”.

MLB and MLBPA Agreed on 2021 Rules

These two sides aren’t going to agree on anything transformative with the CBA looming but certain realities can’t be ignored, even by these two selfish and unrelenting groups of human beings.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – 2-8-21

So, let’s have some fun talking Buccos!

Non-Roster Invitees Show a Change in Direction of Development

The Pirates announced their up to date list of Non-roster invitees last week and it looks like it could really be a fun Spring as they’ve included a who’s who list of top prospects.

Nobody Wants to Sign With the Pirates

This is something I’ve heard in this town for 30 years now. In fact, even as I sit here trying to force myself to only use my memory I’d have to say Russell Martin has to be the most significant free agent signing.

Confession Time – I’m Sincerely Excited for Quinn Priester

I try to temper my enthusiasm for prospects, it’s just good practice both for writing about the team and for that matter being a fan. First of all, rarely do prospects reach MLB and become transformative players, well, at least in Pittsburgh anyway.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 2-1-21

It feels like we just flipped the calendar to 2021 and here we are in February already. We should be ramping up for and starting to cover the pitchers and catchers as they report to Spring Training, but of course MLB is still arguing this out.

Pirates are Incredibly Young, with Nothing Expected from Them

Well, I’m here to tell you, while I think this is the best method, they certainly didn’t have to go this way. I should also warn you, I’m a team building process geek in case you couldn’t tell, and I find the different methods out there fascinating. Let’s look at some other ways the Bucs could have gone and see if after that you agree with what they’ve done, or think another method would have been better.

What Should We Pirates Fans Look for in 2021?

The easy answer is a bunch of losses, and I’m sure that’ll be most of the responses to this piece, but because the bottom rung is still part of the ladder, let’s look at some things we can legitimately look forward to this season.

Swaggerty to the Rescue! Yeah, Let’s Slow Down a Bit

Travis Swaggerty was drafted in 2018 in the first round by the Pittsburgh Pirates and of course that comes with expectation. Some of that expectation is related to his first round selection, some of it is based on who made the selection and his, um, track record of success.