For decades now, the owners played fast and loose with ignoring the economic realities of the game. The players have ignored the realities of how young players have fared in the game, and finally neither side has enough left to offer.
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The MLB Off-Season Has Been Put On Hold
Well, after over a year of talking about it, the situation many of us were dreading as baseball fans has finally come to fruition. Following a riveting seven minute meeting yesterday between MLB and the MLBPA, the owners unanimously voted to institute a lockout of players beginning at 12:01 EST today, December 2nd. Almost immediatelyContinue reading “The MLB Off-Season Has Been Put On Hold”
The Pirates Minor Leaguers Hold A Key To The Future
10-28-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @bucsbasement on Twitter) For almost as long as I can remember, my eyes have always wandered to the Pirates Minor League System, and everything that it entails; even when the team was competitive in 2013-15. From player performance and projections to coaching techniques and evaluation. All while soaking inContinue reading “The Pirates Minor Leaguers Hold A Key To The Future”
The Pirates Need to Take a Step Forward, It Simply Won’t Happen Without Investment
Craig and I put out our first pass at the 40-man roster. It was intentionally left as is with very few changes because we believe if you don’t tell and show people the problems they’ll never understand the things that have to happen, or the difficulties they present.
Pirates Rule 5 Decisions Have Moved To The Forefront
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”
Local Boy Trey McGough Makes Every Inning Count In Altoona
9-30-21 By Craig W. Toth (aka @bucsbasement on Twitter) The Bradenton Marauders captured the Low-A Southeast League Championship with a sweep of the Tampa Tarpons nearly a week ago. After the rain held off the long enough, the Greensboro Grasshoppers fell to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in the deciding game five of the High-AContinue reading “Local Boy Trey McGough Makes Every Inning Count In Altoona”
Pirates Top 30 Prospect Trend Report
9-21-21 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter The big news of the day? While there aren’t any FV bumps for any of the Bucs prospects the Pirates system now ranks as the second best system on Fangraphs. The Rays had a few guys graduate making room for the Bucs system to jump upContinue reading “Pirates Top 30 Prospect Trend Report”
Enmanuel Mejia May Have Signed Late, But He Is Quickly Catching Up To Speed
When evaluating baseball players using statistics there are usually two main trains of thought; the old school driven evaluators, where win-loss records, ERA, Batting Average, RBI and Home Runs rule the day, and new age analysts that dive into FIP, Spin Rates, OPS+, wRC+, Launch Angles and Exit Velocities dominate the conversation. I, myself, fallContinue reading “Enmanuel Mejia May Have Signed Late, But He Is Quickly Catching Up To Speed”
The Potential Shortstop Or Second Basemen, And Maybe Even Centerfielder Of The Future…Ji-hwan Bae
Nick Gonzales is the Second Baseman of the Future. Liover Pegeuro is the Shortstop of the Future. Declarations like these, or at least ones that are somewhat similar, abound day in and day out on almost every single Pittsburgh Pirates Fan Social Media Group, Account and Thread, or wherever you get your amateur insight onContinue reading “The Potential Shortstop Or Second Basemen, And Maybe Even Centerfielder Of The Future…Ji-hwan Bae”
Michael Burrows Is Often Left Out Of The Rotation Of Future Conversations
On July 7th of this year, right-handed pitcher and Pirates Prospect, Michael Burrows took the mound for the Greensboro Grasshoppers at First National Bank Field as they faced off against the Asheville Tourists on a fairly hot and steamy Wednesday afternoon. In 5.1 innings of work and on 86 pitches, Burrows would strike out 10Continue reading “Michael Burrows Is Often Left Out Of The Rotation Of Future Conversations”
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