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”
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Pirates Sign Vogelbach and Hembree to One Year Deals
The Pirates finally got active in the free agent market today, and while these aren’t big names, they certainly fill needs and add real veteran depth.
Pirates Top Five Prospect Edition: A Way Too Early Projection Of The 26 Man Roster
The dust hasn’t completely settled from the Pirates disappointing 19-41 season and we are still about a month away from decisions concerning options and qualifying offers for arbitration, as well as the beginning of free agency, yet I can’t stop myself from thinking about the composition of Pittsburgh Opening Day Roster for 2021; especially theContinue reading “Pirates Top Five Prospect Edition: A Way Too Early Projection Of The 26 Man Roster”
Through The Prospect Porthole: Nick Mears Goes From Unknown To MLB
Signed as a free agent in August of 2018, this young right hander seemed to come from out of nowhere. Mears had pitched for two years at Sacramento City College, as well as two summers in the Northwoods League playing for the Willmar Stingers. It was during his second summer there that he really hitContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Nick Mears Goes From Unknown To MLB”