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)”
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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”
Pirates Pummel Slumping Rockies 14-3 (10-7)
4/17/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter Pirates came out swinging against the Rockies, jumping all over the former NL ERA leader Kyle Freeland for 9 runs (7 earned) over his 2.2 innings of work. Rich Hill had some hard contact early but managed to keep the Rockies in check, posting another quality startContinue reading “Pirates Pummel Slumping Rockies 14-3 (10-7)”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
Ahh, Manfred ball giveth, and it taketh away. Nobody knows how to play the situation. I see teams get the run in the top of the 10th then just about go for conceding the tying run in the bottom half.
Pittsburgh Pirates (9-7) at Colorado Rockies (5-11) – Series Preview
The Pirates end their road trip with a quick three game series in Colorado.
Free Baseball In St. Louis:(9-6)
4/14/23- By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter “Maybe tomorrow we’ll all wear 42, so nobody can tell us apart.” Since 2004 I have experienced Jackie Robinson Day on a local level. Even in Pittsburgh each of these games have a totally different feeling to any other game. It’s simply not your regular dayContinue reading “Free Baseball In St. Louis:(9-6)”
Steel City Pirates 