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NL Central Divisional Balance Breakdown

Jim Bowden recently created a stir by posting potential league/divisional changes as a result of adding two new teams. This would relocate the Pirates to the “Mid-Atlantic” division, along with the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and the expansion Charlotte baseball team.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Pitchers & Catchers Incoming

This week, pitchers and catchers officially report to camp in Bradenton, Florida. Although, many players are already down there working, it’s still an official start to Spring activities and the switch has been flipped from Football season to Baseball season.

Ke’Bryan Hayes Must Be More Than a Glove

It’s time for Ke’Bryan Hayes to emerge, and regardless of the injuries he’s suffered, the adjustments he’s struggled to implement due to them or any other factor, for this team to truly improve, Hayes needs to be one of the more noticeable figures leading the charge.

The Bryan Reynolds Storyline is Changing, or Is It?

The tone on all things Bryan Reynolds is starting to change, or maybe it’s more of a realization that the Pirates were serious about not moving him, and Bryan was serious about being happy to be a Pirate.

Pirates Positional Improvement

There’s been a lot of talk about the Pirates off-season and whether or not they’ve sufficiently improved a team which has lost 100+ games the previous two seasons. The team had some clear holes to fill and places where they could improve so I did a position-by-position breakdown of 2022 against the expected opening day roster for 2023, as well as discussing some depth pieces for the roster spots

Pirates Top 5 Things I Want to See in 2023

Listen, maybe it’s not plausible to expect a baseball team to improve by 20 games. I mean that’s what hoping for a .500 season is after all, and while I really like the additions, and am truly excited about what a full season of some of these guys can look like, but that’s a big jump.

With Pirates Prospects on the Doorstep, Agile Decisions are Key

For the first time in quite a while, the MLB squad looks professional and instead of cringing while projecting an opening day lineup, we’ll instead find ourselves cringing about who we have to bat 7th.

Pirates Questions – Answered

I get questions all the time. Sometimes I answer them directly on social media, sometimes I make them topics on my show, others still make it into some of my FAQ pieces.

Today, I wanted to get some fresh ones and asked the Twitterverse to pitch in. Here’s what they came up with, and what I have to say about them.