https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dvhph-12f00af Craig sits down with Anthony Murphy from Pirates Prospects to discuss the players that could, should and will be protected in this year’s Rule 5 Draft, as well as the mostly likely candidates to be selected if they are not added to the Pirates 40-Man Roster! Brought to you by ShopYinzz.com! Craig Toth covers theContinue reading “Pirates Rule 5 Draft Preparation”
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In 2023, the Pirates Should be Aggressive
On November 15, 2019, Robert Nutting hired Ben Cherington to be the Pirates new GM, officially kicking off a rebuild. Year 3 of this rebuild has been….shall we say, not good? How’s year 4 going to look, you may ask? Good question.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The playoffs are in full swing, in fact as of tonight, we’ll have the entire AL and NL Championship Series field set and for the most part, the games have been fun. Well, not for LA fans, but I digress.
Some Backtracks Could Lead to Progress in 2023
Ya know, when your team loses 100 games, it’s not often you can look back and actually want to return most of the roster, let alone return some guys who didn’t last the year…
Operation Offseason: Arbitration Decisions
Baseball decides for us the order in which we have to attack the offseason. If you’re a playoff team, you’re thinking about these things too, but the likelihood your fans are is just about nil.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
Well, the first edition of this piece in quite some time in which I don’t have games to pull tidbits from. Instead, it’ll mark the first heel turn toward 2023 for me personally and largely this site.
Let’s Tell the Unfiltered Story of 2022
The Pirates finished the 2022 season with a record of 62-100. This immediately followed a 61-101 campaign, and if we prorated out what the 60 game sham season would have been, yup, another 100 losses or so.
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers
10/4/22 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) I already knew compiling this week’s list was going to be possibly the biggest challenge of the season; with only 3 games on the docket, and a couple of recent promotions limiting the player pool even more. When he wasn’t injured from the end of JulyContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The Pirates have managed to hold off 100 losses for at least one more day, and as usual, they do it in the most unthinkable way. Think of how bad this team has been in 2022, then think of some of the strangest things they’ve pulled off.
Another Batch of Pirates FAQs
I love answering questions, even if the only reason I can answer them is because someone asked it. Meaning, some of these things aren’t a topic I’m super well versed in, and rather than guess, I’ll dig in and learn how to answer it.
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