Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – More Kids

The Pirates have played poor baseball. They’ve been injured, they’ve underperformed, they’ve even just flat out kicked a baseball right at the wrong time.

One thing they haven’t done is completely bungle a rebuild.

Not yet.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The All Star Break

Even as the Pirates and every other team in the league for that matter, are selecting players they hope one day might represent their organizations in the All Star Game one day, every team is also suiting up their representatives and shipping them off to Seattle for this year’s festivities.

Pirates Select Paul Skenes Number 1 Overall – Adding Potential Huge Piece of the Puzzle

Bottom line, The Pirates added a fantastic prospect, he’ll be the Pirates number 1 prospect immediately, and I suspect fairly high on the MLB Top 100 as well.

Pirates 2023 MLB Draft Preview

7/7/23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) When you have the 1st Overall Pick-especially in a year where there are at least 3 to 4 players near the same talent level, or project-ability depending on who you ask-things can get a little muddled. Throw in some genuine misunderstanding-at the very least-and misrepresenting-at theContinue reading “Pirates 2023 MLB Draft Preview”

Pirates Use Offensive Fireworks in July 4th Victory Over LA Dodgers: (40-45)

The Pittsburgh Pirates and LA Dodgers dealt with fireworks being shot off in the parking all night on July 4, but those weren’t the only fireworks the two teams had in mind.

Pirates Storm Past Brewers, Walk-Off 8-7 Winners: (39-42)

The Pirates don’t feel the way they did just a week ago. They’re scoring runs. They’re scoring runs when they get down early. They’re scoring runs late in games to make things uncomfortable.