With great talent there often also comes wild swings in possible outcomes. Oneil Cruz is indeed a great talent, you can debate what he’ll do with it, where he’ll deploy it, if he’ll ever reach the heights of what his capabilities seem to be, but you really can’t debate that the talent is there.
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Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The stove cools dramatically, the teams stop looking like amorphous conglomerations of signings and acquisitions, and you start to sit back and look at the collective with an eye toward weak spots instead.
Frequently Asked Pirates Questions
No matter how you look at it, the Pirates have had an interesting offseason, even if one story has dominated the oxygen in the room. The funny thing is, in today’s world, the more something is covered, the less likely it is that people continue to deal in fact.
There is No Winning this Reynolds Situation, and The Pirates Have to Point Fingers Internally
They are ready to show improvement, and they are ready to start seeing some of that top end talent make it and begin to impact the team, but neither of those two things can add up to improvement if they move their most complete baseball player.
It’s Just a Game
Sometimes, something happens that transcend everything. Last night, Bills Safety, former University of Pittsburgh and Central Catholic, and Pittsburgh Native Demar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field of play during Monday Night Football in Cincinnati.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
I’ve been writing this weekly feature since March of 2020. If you were to go read through them all, and there’s one for every week I assure you, you’ll get a picture of how this team has slowly evolved. Today, I’m going to highlight some of that specifically, evolution.
New Year Resolutions I Wish the Pirates Would Adopt
After today, I’m going to turn most of my attention to Spring Training, position battles, and roster construction. Might as well finish the year with a fun one. Today, I’m going to give the Pirates some achievable resolutions that could help the organization in one way or another.
Pirates Add Rich Hill with One Year Deal Worth 8 Million
Rich Hill is the very definition of Soft Tossing Lefty, and as many will joke freely, those guys can pitch forever. Obviously that’s not true, but it’s not entirely fiction either.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
I hope this piece finds you basking in the afterglow of a wonderful holiday with your friends and family. The Pirates were relatively quiet over the break, which for those who assumed a big Christmas Eve deal in the style of a classic news dump is a great thing.
Should You Boycott the Pirates?
I see a whole lot of upset. Tons of same old Pirates. Calls for boycotts, pressure campaigns, demonstrations. Walk outs, no shows, heck I even saw someone suggest people get in Nutting’s face every time he’s in public
Inside The Bucs Basement 