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You Don’t Need Permission to Enjoy these Pirates

Your Pirates are making you proud, for once, let yourself stop worrying about how they got there, where it might go, who did or said what on the way.

Minor League News and Brews: Meet Me In St. Louis-Take Two

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pijwz-13eb504 Craig talks about the statistics/metrics that he looks for at each level of the Pirates Minor League System, provides some player profiles to drive his point home, and as always, reviews some delicious beers. Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and is a huge Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Fan; especially when itContinue reading “Minor League News and Brews: Meet Me In St. Louis-Take Two”

Contreras Strong Start, Hot First Inning Propel Pirates 4-3 Over Reds: (13-7)

The Pirates stay on track and Roansy Contreras tosses a sparkler move to 13-7 on the season.

Through The Prospect Porthole: Assessing Farm System Depth After Early Season Injuries

4-20-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Prior to official start of the Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 Season there were some assumptions that could be made concerning what roles certain players were going to be asked to perform throughout the year. JT Brubaker seemed to be a locked into backend of the rotation, JarlinContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Assessing Farm System Depth After Early Season Injuries”

Pirates Bats Explode Again In Sweep Of Rockies: (12-7)

4/19/23- By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter Before Johan Oviedo could even toe the rubber-to see if he could continue his dominance on the mound-the Pirates put up a 5 spot on Rockies Starter, lefty Austin Gomber. They then proceeded to stack another 4 on top of that in the second; ultimately chasingContinue reading “Pirates Bats Explode Again In Sweep Of Rockies: (12-7)”

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

When you do a feature like this every week, it’s inevitable the questions will start to overlap, or get repetitive. To your credit, it hasn’t happened a whole lot here. You keep challenging me with interesting topics, I’ll keep happily doing this piece. Deal?

Breakout Watch: Is Johan Oviedo A Dude?

Since his acquisition last season Johan Oviedo has been a textbook study on watching a team take a pitcher with some very enticing raw materials & trying to figure out what the hell to do with them.

Pirates Starting Pitching And The Overall Differences From Last Year

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ftd7f-13e7c78 Craig and Chris weigh the positive and negatives concerning the Pirates Starting Rotation, and get into the expectations we had for this season, how they are playing out and differences between this team and the one we watched play last season. Brought to you by ShopYinzz.com! Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement,Continue reading “Pirates Starting Pitching And The Overall Differences From Last Year”

Suwinski Home Runs Lead Pirates Over Rockies 5-3: (11-7)

Vince Velasquez delivers a strong start and Jack Suwinski powers the Pirates offense, clinch series win.

Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Minor League Baseball In Full Swing

4/18/23-By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Early season injuries-and subsequently, sooner than expected promotions-seem to have become a running theme less than three weeks into season; with the majority involving guys that were likely being counted on to play major roles with the Big League Club, at some point during 2023. To meContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Minor League Baseball In Full Swing”