The Pittsburgh Pirates are losing two MiLB affiliates as of this post, the Morgantown, West Virginia Black Bears and the Bristol Pirates. Tell people you’re taking something they love away and sit back an wonder why they take it badly.
Author Archives: Gary Morgan
The Prospect Mix – Developing the Future
Sometimes we watch players join the system and worry about who will start where, or who’s blocking whom. That’s certainly one way to look at developing a system in baseball, one that has been effective through the years too.
Put Him in Right Field!
It’s quickly becoming baseball’s equivalent to hating the goalie, blaming the Offensive Coordinator or wondering why a strong safety doesn’t make more interceptions.
Happy Thanksgiving from Inside the Bucs Basement
I recently shared on social media that I’ve been writing about the Pirates for a year now. You have all been so gracious and insightful with comments, it just makes the work easy to want to do.
Prediction Models are Either Broken, Or People are Way Better at Lying
Everybody predicted a down market and I don’t just mean Morosi, or Gammons, there were actual GM’s on record that they just couldn’t see players getting normal market value.
Top Pirate Fan Wishes
Every Pirate fan shares one top wish, to win. Expecting to see that in 2021 is probably premature especially since I just can’t see Ben Cherington being done moving players from the roster.
Cherington Starts to Make His Mark, DFA’s for Trevor Williams and Jose Osuna
The story today could be about what Trevor Williams has done here in Pittsburgh, or oh shucks about Jose Osuna never getting a chance. Did we let them go too soon? How could they give up on them with all that control? Surely there are worse players than these two?
An Odd Situation for the Pirates
So, what happened here? What is the league seeing that the Pirates clearly didn’t benefit from? More importantly, what could this mean for 2021?
Kevin Kramer – The Forgotten Man
In little over two years Kevin Kramer went from the Pirates top middle infield prospect to part of a Seinfeld inspired punchline and ultimately to the odd man out.
What’s Next for Cole Tucker?
Deep question. Here’s another first round pick for the Pirates, this one from 2014, two years longer than Will Craig who we just discussed yesterday.
Steel City Pirates 