Gary Morgan

Arbitration Tender Deadline Moved Up, Who’s Safe, Who’s Not?

These decisions deserve a bit more thought than just believing they haven’t been good enough. That’s of course true, but I can’t ignore that replacements might be similar and cost more.

Pirates Resign Yoshi Tsutsugo for 2022

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone, if this news didn’t break last night chances are I’m writing a longer form message like that, but Ben Cherington seems addicted to making moves on holidays, so here we are.

We Should Absolutely Expect Improvement in 2022

Language is so important, so note I’m not saying we will absolutely see improvement, I’m specifically saying we should expect it.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

The Pirates finally did some stuff, ok, ok, so the league had a deadline that made it unavoidable, it’s still some stuff right?

Pirates Need a Catcher….Again; The Future Looks Bright, but the Present, Well…

If you close your eyes for a moment and ignore that date in the byline you could easily find yourself transported back to 2019 or maybe 2020. The big difference this time is they aren’t looking for a starter at the position.

Rule 5 Protections Shed Light on Pirates Plans

The immediate takeaways from the Pirates decisions yesterday are apparent. Choosing to protect only 4 prospects, 5 if you count Diego Castillo, casts light on some other decisions we weren’t sure they’d make.

Pirates Make 40-Man Moves, Rule 5 Protection for 4 Players

We’ve worried, we’ve arranged, we’ve even argued, and today the Pirates did what they did.

All the Pirates Have to Do is Win, Right?

I keep hearing winning will change everything for the Pirates, not so fast.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five

Big week, and I’m going to try to not touch it in this piece. The deadline for Rule Five protection is the 19th of November so I expect a fairly active week across MLB and the Pirates are no exception. If you haven’t read it yet, Craig and I broke down what we expect to see as well as our concerns. Check it out.

Rule Five Protection Deadline is the 19th, What Can We Expect From The Pirates

11-15-21 – By Gary Morgan & Craig W. Toth – @garymo2007 & @BucsBasement on Twitter Gary – I think it was probably back in May when Craig and I first started turning our gaze toward this date, well, at least out of the corner of our eyes. We’ve warned, worried and after the trade deadlineContinue reading “Rule Five Protection Deadline is the 19th, What Can We Expect From The Pirates”