Pirates

Build your all-time Pirates roster

This week, we’ve assembled the greatest Steelers defense and the greatest Steelers offense of all time.

Both files received 90-plus comments, and some of you asked to expand the idea to other sports … so here we are. Today, we move on to baseball and your Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that, despite recent hardships, has produced some of the most elite talents in the game’s history.

This one’s going to be tough. You have your starting lineup depicted on the diamond below, but be sure to also fill out your bench/bullpen with 11 additional pitchers (12 total), a backup catcher and four wild cards — any position(s), just four more players who you’d want on your all-time team.

Here we go:

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Our resident baseball guru Alex Stumpf will comments his picks below to get us started. Let’s have some fun.