08/01/23 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_Ethan on Twitter Is your thumb tired? If it is, I understand. Much like myself, you were probably scrolling Twitter, *cough* sorry I mean “X”, during the waning hours of the 2023 trade deadline. The Pirates made three more moves prior to the 6pm ET deadline on Tuesday, seeingContinue reading “Oviedo, Young Bucs Shine in Pirates Win Over Tigers (48-58)”
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Two Guys Talkin’ Trades-Here we are
Here we go, Deadline time.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The Kids Have Changed the Game
The rest of this year needs to be geared toward that, so at the deadline the Pirates have some choices to make. Do they hold on to guys like Choi, Santana for their sheer competence, or do they clear the space to start getting more at bats for some of the members of that list?
Trade Deadline: A Yearly Tradition Continues in Pittsburgh
You’ve watched Carlos Santana play an excellent first base all year. You’ve watched him bat cleanup all season long. You’ve heard Derek Shelton as recently as last week talk about how very important it has been and is to have someone like Carlos Santana in the locker room and dugout.
Then you watch him traded for an 18 year old kid named Jhonny Severino.
Top 15 Plus 5 More
A lot of blue up there. A lot. But it’s the fist week after the break so let’s not lose our cool here. I won’t get weighted down in those numbers. Instead….
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
Good questions as always everyone. Lots of frustration out there as we all should feel at times, appreciate the thoughtful questions that see through it.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Where is the Winning?
The rest of this year needs to be geared toward that, so at the deadline the Pirates have some choices to make. Do they hold on to guys like Choi, Santana for their sheer competence, or do they clear the space to start getting more at bats for some of the members of that list?
Two guys Talkin’ Trades – Spare Parts
In the offseason the Bucs added some free agents to fill some holes. Thing is, only one of those free agents had any control. And ironically, he didn’t make it out of spring training as Jarlin Garcia hasn’t even gripped a ball since his injury.
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
When you look at your team as currently constructed and pretend you just got back from Germany and are looking at the roster for the first time, you don’t know the record, you don’t know how inept they look at the plate, my guess is on paper, you’d think something like, finally, this looks like a better roster.
You might even think they should score some more runs.
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.
Steel City Pirates 