Endy Rodriguez and Dariel Lopez continue to impress. And I’m really not sure what else either of the two can prove in Greensboro? I get Endy is a catcher and catchers usually take a little longer and I will confess that I am not privy (obviously) to what the Bucs front office wants to see Endy work on as far as his defense goes.
Category Archives: Weekly Feature
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
What a weird time to be writing one of these. I mean, it’s Monday, it’s 5:00 PM, but there is just so much uncertainty out there what with the trade deadline tomorrow. I mean I could turn this into a prediction piece, maybe it’ll wind up one of those where I have to add a 6th or 7th point because trades won’t quit rolling in.
Two Guys Talkin’ Trades – Rerack it!
The Boys Review how the Pirates did on the surface with the Daniel Vogelbach trade, and go over the rumors, of which there are few until a BIG piece drops.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The Pirates were an improving team, this season. They had youngsters come up here, inject energy, enthusiasm and skill into a team that started the season struggling to string two hits together.
Two Guys Talkin’ Trades – Maybe The Bucs Could Add?
This is the trade piece I’ve been looking forward to writing since we started this, Joe! The time is here, the moment is right, the fruit is ripe, Big Ben has struck ten!
Top 20 Prospect Update
Not gonna lie, I’m a tad distracted as I write this. (Temarr Johnson and all).
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
Well, I’m back in Pittsburgh, just in time to have no Pirates baseball for a week. That’s good though, it gives us time to reflect and digest what we’ve seen thus far and fully appreciate the draft.
Two Guys Talkin’ Trades – Odds & Ends
We’re getting close to Deadline and so far we’ve done Reynolds, Bednar, Gamel and Quintana. Not much meat left on the bone, but no worries! Joe and I have a few names left to throw at the wall.
Top 20 Prospect Update
Endy Rodriguez and Travis Swaggerty have both been really consistent this year and this week was no different. Endy has been there all year and has seemed to ramp it up lately.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
We’re just beyond the half way point. We’ve seen a litany of rookies make their debut. Some we scarcely met before sending them back or in some cases even moving on for good.
Steel City Pirates 