So very much of this game is built around numbers. There are averages, win totals, ERA’s, hell there are even prospect rankings and each position is given a number. Baseball is in its purest sense, all about numbers.
Category Archives: Opinion & Analysis
Through The Prospect Porthole: JC Flowers’ Journey From Centerfielder To Starter
12-28-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) In Ben Cherington’s first draft as General Manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he followed his first round choice of Nick Gonzalez by selecting five right handed pitcher in a row. Among them were a two-way high school player, a former middle infielder turned reliever and aContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: JC Flowers’ Journey From Centerfielder To Starter”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The baseball world is quiet, deafening even. Nobody has put forward any ideas, both sides feel like this is their moment in time, and the longer it goes without starting to hear ideas, concessions, or even just angry vitriol, the more likely this process costs games.
The Pirates Pivot Point
I haven’t written or talked about the Pirates much in a week. A necessary break for the holiday of course, but also a needed step back from a process that at times can get suffocating.
A Very Merry Christmas Eve Message from Gary at Inside the Bucs Basement
Merry Christmas from Inside the Bucs Basement
Through The Prospect Porthole: Potentially Held Up In Altoona
12-23-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Recently, the chatter on Pittsburgh Pirates Social Media has been filled with discussions concerning the development of the team’s players; especially when it comes to prospects in the Minor Leagues. Obviously one main reason for this trend is that with the MLB Lockout in place allContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Potentially Held Up In Altoona”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
It won’t be long, and we’ll all be gathering with family and friends to celebrate and before I start getting into the Pittsburgh Pirates today, I’d like to start with thanking all of you for making us part of your reading, listening and in general Pirates fan experience.
Top 5 Pirates Prospects: The Sky Is The Limit
12-18-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) One knock on Neil Huntington during his tenure as General Manager in Pittsburgh-with many others that could surely be listed by the Pirates faithful-was his propensity to make deals for Major League ready talent. Of course you could always thrown in the occasional Oneil Cruz acquisitionContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospects: The Sky Is The Limit”
Let’s Tackle Some Common Comment Fodder About the Pirates
Today, I’d like to take a crack at some comments I typically get in the form of an article because legitimately some of these are based in some realm of reality and they deserve to be addressed.
Odd Happenings for a Rebuild in This Stage
The team on the field is obviously priority number one, but where we are in this rebuild, this team needs to improve some of this stuff and tighten up too. I’m sorry, Dereck Shelton is a nice guy and his t-shirt thing is cute, but at some point someone has to do more. It’s not Travis Williams or Ben Cherington’s fault this team has a damaged reputation, but it is their job to fix it. Maybe that’s an impossible effort with their owner, I mean they could hand out $100 bills in Market Square and have people ask how much it was in total and list off the players they could afford to bring in with the cash.
Steel City Pirates 