With great talent there often also comes wild swings in possible outcomes. Oneil Cruz is indeed a great talent, you can debate what he’ll do with it, where he’ll deploy it, if he’ll ever reach the heights of what his capabilities seem to be, but you really can’t debate that the talent is there.
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Top 5 Pirates Prospects: Peaking My Interest
1/10/23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) Anytime I choose to write about, or have a podcast focusing on prospects, there is a contingent within the Pirates Fanbase that will always get themselves into a tizzy; incorrectly implying that I am guaranteeing success from each and every player I mention. As a self-appointedContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospects: Peaking My Interest”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The stove cools dramatically, the teams stop looking like amorphous conglomerations of signings and acquisitions, and you start to sit back and look at the collective with an eye toward weak spots instead.
The Layers to the Bryan Reynolds Situation
At some point this front office has to step out of its comfort zone to bring winning baseball back to PNC Park
Frequently Asked Pirates Questions
No matter how you look at it, the Pirates have had an interesting offseason, even if one story has dominated the oxygen in the room. The funny thing is, in today’s world, the more something is covered, the less likely it is that people continue to deal in fact.
There is No Winning this Reynolds Situation, and The Pirates Have to Point Fingers Internally
They are ready to show improvement, and they are ready to start seeing some of that top end talent make it and begin to impact the team, but neither of those two things can add up to improvement if they move their most complete baseball player.
A Pirates Staff Anchored By Dick Mountain
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2uvq5-1353974 Rich Hill can add the Pirates to his long list of MLB teams. The pirates can add something reliable to the rotation. Is there still room for developing pitchers? You betcha! Brought to you by ShopYinzz.com! Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and joins his buddy Chris at a 9-foot homemade oakContinue reading “A Pirates Staff Anchored By Dick Mountain”
It’s Just a Game
Sometimes, something happens that transcend everything. Last night, Bills Safety, former University of Pittsburgh and Central Catholic, and Pittsburgh Native Demar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field of play during Monday Night Football in Cincinnati.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
I’ve been writing this weekly feature since March of 2020. If you were to go read through them all, and there’s one for every week I assure you, you’ll get a picture of how this team has slowly evolved. Today, I’m going to highlight some of that specifically, evolution.
For Pirates Fans, It’s Not The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
12-29-22 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) After beginning the off-season by seemingly checking off the first base box with the acquisitions Ji-Man Choi and Carlos Santana, it appeared as if the Pirates had at the very least given their fans an optimistic outlook. Then, over the past couple of week we’ve seenContinue reading “For Pirates Fans, It’s Not The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”
Steel City Pirates 