5-16-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) We’ve gotten to the point in the Minor League Season, where things have started to even out a little bit; and, an 0 for 4 night at the plate won’t send players batting average on free fall before they step to the plate during next game.Continue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Slowly Moving Beyond The Small Sample Size”
Category Archives: Prospects
Minor League News and Brews: Draft Prepping With Carlos Collazo
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wem2i-1407392 Craig is joined by Carlos Collazo from Baseball America to talk about the 2023 MLB Draft, the definition of a helium prospect and how previous rankings affect the current ones; as well as some previous selections made by the Pirates. #LetsGoBucs #30MinutesOfBucs #MiLBNB Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and isContinue reading “Minor League News and Brews: Draft Prepping With Carlos Collazo”
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: The First Week Of May
5/9/23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) As the Pirates began to struggle over the past week-aside from last night when Mitch Keller was completely awesome-fans eyes began to drift down to the Minor Leagues; looking for any player that could possibly help stop the skid the Big League Club was on. ThisContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: The First Week Of May”
Top 15 Plus 5 More Update
And we are off. A quick reminder, this week I only give the numbers to date, next week it YRD and the past week. Let’s get to it.
Minor League News and Brews with Jonathan Mayo from MLB Pipeline
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cxgvi-13fe33b Craig is joined by Jonathan Mayo from MLBPipeline to discuss the state of the Pirates Farm System, Injuries that Have Piled Up, The Next Men Up on the Top 30, Henry and Endy, and the Crews vs. Skenes Debate. Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and is a huge Pittsburgh PiratesContinue reading “Minor League News and Brews with Jonathan Mayo from MLB Pipeline”
Through The Prospect Porthole: The Rule 5 Guys
5-4-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Every since Ben Cherington and Company took over Baseball Operations at 115 Federal Street, each move the Pirates make ultimately finds itself under the proverbial microscope. Whether it’s a trade, draft selection, Minor League addition, waiver claim, international signing or Rule 5 pick, Cherington is constantlyContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: The Rule 5 Guys”
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: April Showers Bring More Than May Flowers
5-2-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) This past Saturday I arrived at the ball field at 8 AM for my youngest’s Modified T-Ball Game-that was scheduled for 10 AM-to see how much damage the rain from the previous day had done to the dirt surround the bases; as well as the stateContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: April Showers Bring More Than May Flowers”
Minor League New and Brews: Talking Everything Bradenton with Eric Garfield
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bdjg5-13f48e5 Craig is joined this week by Eric Garfield (aka @Eric_Birdland) of the Florida Prospect Report Podcast to talk about development in the lower minors, Extended Spring Training and some players to watch in Bradenton and the FCL. Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and is a huge Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Fan;Continue reading “Minor League New and Brews: Talking Everything Bradenton with Eric Garfield”
Through The Prospect Porthole: Henry Davis’ Path To Pittsburgh
4-27-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Over the past week and change I have seen comments about Henry Davis ranging from him being the Pirates Designated Hitter of the Future to Endy Rodriguez’s eventual back-up, and from the savior of the organization to a bust that will ultimately fizzle out as theContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Henry Davis’ Path To Pittsburgh”
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Still Looking At Small Sample Sizes
4-25-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) The Minor League Leader in plate appearances is Michael Busch of the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers with 102; who on a completely unrelated point, was just called up to the Big League Club. In the Pirates Organization Miguel Andujar and Nick Gonzales are tied with 85Continue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Still Looking At Small Sample Sizes”
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