The Pirates All-time PNC Park team (2001-2024)

[cbpitt2]

Greetings everyone. In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved to their beautiful new home PNC Park and many baseball fans have called it the most beautiful ballpark in America. If only the ballpark had a team worthy of it. In the 24 seasons that PNC Park has been the Pirates home, only four have been winning ones and only three times have the Pirates reached the post-season.

Which Pirates have been the best in the past 24 years to make the All-Time Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park team?
With updates and added revisions to an article from 2021, Presenting the All-Time Pirates PNC Park (2001-2024) team:

The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time PNC Park (2001-2024) team

In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved to their beautiful new home PNC Park and many baseball fans have called it the most beautiful ballpark in America. If only the ballpark had a team worthy of it…

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Greetings everyone. In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved to their beautiful new home PNC Park and many baseball fans have called it the most beautiful ballpark in America. If only the ballpark had a team worthy of it. In the 24 seasons that PNC Park has been the Pirates home, only four have been winning ones and only three times have the Pirates reached the post-season.

Which Pirates have been the best in the past 24 years to make the All-Time Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park team?
With updates and added revisions to an article from 2021, Presenting the All-Time Pirates PNC Park (2001-2024) team:

The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time PNC Park (2001-2024) team

In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved to their beautiful new home PNC Park and many baseball fans have called it the most beautiful ballpark in America. If only the ballpark had a team worthy of it…

johnbaranowski.wordpress.com

I would pick Garrett Jones as my first baseman. I don't care that he played other positions.

Man the picks for right field are weak. We can't find a better corner outfielder than that in a quarter century?

 

[ShadyTwoFive]

Feel like Marte needs a mention. Can’t argue too much though.

 

[Islanderpanther]

The Pirates were so poor during that period and the careers of some of some of those guys are so unremarkable, I don’t even remember them.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

It would be more fun if they allowed for some position switches. Like, the outfield could be:

Giles (assuming we're not testing for PEDS), McCutchen, and Marte with the designated hitter being Bay.

That infield is pretty meh, man. I mean Pedro at his best, sure. But I feel like you don't get to cherry pick (unless it states that we're only using their best season; I didn't actually read it). And the first base situation has looked like the Pitt basketball centers as of late. One underwhelming choice after the next. Could move a guy like Walker there, hypothetically.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

I mean RF is so weak if you were truly building a team, and RF is much easier to play in PNC than Left, you put Reynolds there.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

It would be more fun if they allowed for some position switches. Like, the outfield could be:

Giles (assuming we're not testing for PEDS), McCutchen, and Marte with the designated hitter being Bay.

That infield is pretty meh, man. I mean Pedro at his best, sure. But I feel like you don't get to cherry pick (unless it states that we're only using their best season; I didn't actually read it). And the first base situation has looked like the Pitt basketball centers as of late. One underwhelming choice after the next. Could move a guy like Walker there, hypothetically.

That Ramirez trade was disgusting. He was only like 21-22 at the time. He broke in with the Pirates as a 19 year old. Plus they threw in Kenny Lofton. And got no one back that even was remotely a regular major leaguer.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

That Ramirez trade was disgusting. He was only like 21-22 at the time. He broke in with the Pirates as a 19 year old. Plus they threw in Kenny Lofton. And got no one back that even was remotely a regular major leaguer.

The only player I remember getting back was the great Bobby Hill. Sounds like it would be the name of a character from that mike Judge cartoon.

I fault them less for Bautista, because that one was probably more attributable to a changed batting stance that wouldn't have happened here (well, that and steroids), but they have provided some pretty insane third base production for other teams.

 

[ShadyTwoFive]

Before this thread disappears. I think Paul Skenes is the best pitcher in the world right now.

He’s adding a two seem too cut inside and a cutter to fall away ( or inside for a lefty).

These are basic pitches that he got away with never throwing? Yikes, if I tipped a ball I’d brag about it.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Before this thread disappears. I think Paul Skenes is the best pitcher in the world right now.

He’s adding a two seem too cut inside and a cutter to fall away ( or inside for a lefty).

These are basic pitches that he got away with never throwing? Yikes, if I tipped a ball I’d brag about it.

Didn't he learn the pitch he predominantly threw last season like a few months before the season began? I believe he termed it a splinker, and I want to say he didn't throw it at LSU.

 

[ShadyTwoFive]

Didn't he learn the pitch he predominantly threw last season like a few months before the season began? I believe he termed it a splinker, and I want to say he didn't throw it at LSU.

Yea without looking I 95% believe so. He went on 4 seam and curveball.

Which is crazy because batters could just swing and get it right half the time.

I threw 4 pitches. 2 seem, 4 seem. Cutter. And a 12 to 6 knuckle curve. Slider was to hard to control.

If he adds more the catchers gonna have to get weird with signs lol

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Craig freakin wilson? We cant do any better for Right Field?

how about jose tabata? Oh lord, maybe we dont have anyone better than Craig wilson.

 

[cbpitt2]

I mean RF is so weak if you were truly building a team, and RF is much easier to play in PNC than Left, you put Reynolds there.

Thought of that but Reynolds has only played 53 games in RF out of 721 in his career so that's why he's honorable mention in LF.

 

[cbpitt2]

Craig freakin wilson? We cant do any better for Right Field?

how about jose tabata? Oh lord, maybe we dont have anyone better than Craig wilson.

Gregory Polanco????? Yes, RF has been weak.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Gregory Polanco????? Yes, RF has been weak.

should have bene jose guillen, feel like we gave up on him way too early. i know he was a headcase big time in his younger days but he actually had a decent career.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

Craig freakin wilson? We cant do any better for Right Field?

how about jose tabata? Oh lord, maybe we dont have anyone better than Craig wilson.

Exactly. Like I said if you were fielding a team.......you would move Reynolds to RF and Bay to DH.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Just pick three outfielders. Don’t have to have a specific right fielder.

And Brian Giles was historically great. For a short period of time.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

well you guys are kind of breaking the rules. the point of this is to name an all star team with players that played the position. You just cant move over a marte or reynolds to right field.

If you are fielding a team then yes but for this, i feel like that's kind of cheating.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Just pick three outfielders. Don’t have to have a specific right fielder.

And Brian Giles was historically great. For a short period of time.

I always feel like there should be some common-sense positional flexibility for these things. Like obviously you can't put someone like Bay in center, but you should be able to put any outfielder at either corner spot.

Similarly, if you had two really good shortstops (we don't have to worry about that!) you could put one at second base, but not necessarily vice versa. And so forth and so on.