During the Pittsburgh Pirates most recent season, more eyes and ears were directed towards the Farm System than I can really remember, at least in my recent memory. Part of this obviously was due to the fact of the product that was on the field at PNC Park, but the more obvious reason was theContinue reading “Pirates Rule 5 Decisions Have Moved To The Forefront”
Category Archives: Opinion & Analysis
Should the Pirates Sign Yoshi Tsutsugo
Ben Cherington is on record as saying most improvement in 2022 will be internal, I’m not seeing that, but maybe one Free Agent could be considered “internal”?
The Pirates 40-Man Crunch; Prediction, Protection and Speculation
The long awaited 40-man look, Craig and Gary take a look at the existing scene and discuss options.
The Pirates 2021 Season Comes To An End
In some ways it feels like it was just yesterday, while in others it could have happened in a different lifetime, however, in all actuality I sat down to write the 2021 Edition of My Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction Piece a full six months ago. Obviously, I wasn’t super optimistic about the upcoming season as myContinue reading “The Pirates 2021 Season Comes To An End”
Pirates Top 30 Prospect Trend Report
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Here we are, at the end. There will be no more walks, or homeruns or wins for the Bucs or any of their affiliates. So I present you with the last installment of the Top 30 Trends.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
I hope none of you thought we were going to take some long break now that the season is over, we’re just getting started. This is where things really start getting interesting.
Oneil Cruz Finally Debuted For The Pirates On Saturday Night
10-4-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @bucsbasement on Twitter) Clearly, in the eyes of many Pirates Fans, the most exciting aspect of the Pittsburgh Pirates final series of the season was the debut of their tallest position player in team history, 6’7” shortstop Oneil Cruz. Once the news of his promotion dropped on Friday night,Continue reading “Oneil Cruz Finally Debuted For The Pirates On Saturday Night”
Pirates Lose Season Finale 6-3 to Reds
162 games is a baseball season under normal circumstances and I’ll be blunt if last year hadn’t been shortened to such a small number of ballgames we might just be talking about back to back seasons like this. Based on winning percentage that almost has to be your assumption anyway.
Tucker, Crowe Fuel 9-2 Victory Over Reds
The score doesn’t do a game justice sometimes and this is no exception. 9-2 if you’re just waking up today simply won’t tell you what transpired here in Pittsburgh last night.
Pirates Put An Exclamation Point On Their 100 Loss Season
10-1-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @bucsbasement on Twitter) Last night versus a dismantled Chicago Cubs lineup-one without Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant-the Pittsburgh Pirates lost their 100th game in the 2021 season; the 9th of its kind in their 140 year franchise history, and the first since 2010. Now, it’s not likeContinue reading “Pirates Put An Exclamation Point On Their 100 Loss Season”
Steel City Pirates 