5/20/23 – By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter Extend Mitch Keller. It’s fairly simple at this point. As a Major League Baseball Team, you need a solid five man rotation, with the top three being the type of guys that can carry you through a 7-game series-if needed; or at minimum, in theContinue reading “Keller Charms Diamondbacks Through Six, But Pirates Still Lose: (24-21)”
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Pirates Strangle Snakes in 13-3 Blowout Series Opener: (24-20)
By the 8th, the Danger Noodles were on to using position players to pitch and it got silly quickly.
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Arizona Diamondbacks Series Preview
Well, if you take a very small sample, the Pirates have won two of their last three games. Unfortunately, taking a much larger sample, the Diamondbacks have won eight of their last thirteen games, and have looked like a top NL team as of late.
Threading the Needle in a Hayes-stack
It’s been a while since I have been able to get the time to sit down a break-down a player for the Bucs. With the current offensive woes, I figured I should look at profiling a hitter. Possibly, one of our best.
Through The Prospect Porthole: Call To Arms
5-18-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) There’s a trend taking place across Major and Minor League Baseball; not just in the Pirates Organization. Pitchers are going on the shelf in rapid succession. Just two days ago it was announced that the Texas Rangers #9 Prospect, and 3rd Overall Pick in last year’sContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Call To Arms”
Pirates Lumber Their Way To Victory In Detroit: (23-20)
5-18-23 – By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter The Pirates broke out their bats for the first time since the second game of a doubleheader in Washington back on Saturday April 29th, and earned a victory for a pitcher not named Mitch Keller dating back to…well, the same game. The winning pitcher thatContinue reading “Pirates Lumber Their Way To Victory In Detroit: (23-20)”
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
I asked that you all submit some questions that thought a bit beyond the obvious Henry Davis or Endy Rodriguez promotion predictions. It just felt like we have all talked it to death at this point and bluntly, the expectations for being the savior are getting out of control too.
Top 15 Plus 5 More Update
A second Monday with no MiLB AND no Bucco games? What are they doing to us? A quick reminder if a player had a good week he is highlighted in red. Cold week in blue. Let’s get to it.
Rattled Luis Ortiz, Pirates Lose to Tigers 4-0: (22-20)
05/16/2023 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_Ethan on Twitter I don’t know what to say or how to think, so here goes. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the month of May are like oil and water, they don’t mix, at all. Since the turn of the calendar to a new month, the Pirates went from theContinue reading “Rattled Luis Ortiz, Pirates Lose to Tigers 4-0: (22-20)”
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Slowly Moving Beyond The Small Sample Size
5-16-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) We’ve gotten to the point in the Minor League Season, where things have started to even out a little bit; and, an 0 for 4 night at the plate won’t send players batting average on free fall before they step to the plate during next game.Continue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: Slowly Moving Beyond The Small Sample Size”
Inside The Bucs Basement 