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What If The Pirates Acted Like Pirates?

We look at three offseason spending plans. One is likely and the second is reasonable. The third feels like an actual Pirate constructed it.

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A Pirate is brash. A Pirate is bold. A Pirate goes for it all no matter what the cost. What if the Pirates acted like Pirates? We look at three off-season spending plans. One is likely and the second is reasonable. Then we ask if a team with no contractual obligations could afford to simply build a team through free agency that competes while the prospects grow. It sounds crazy, until you hear the plan. grab ye best rum and let's be crazy Pirates!

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Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and joins his buddy Chris at a 9-foot homemade oak bar to talk Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball. Listen. Subscribe. Share. It's "30 Minutes Of Bucs" and THE Pirates Fan Podcast found EVERYWHERE podcasts can be found and always at BucsInTheBasement.com!

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