This is a weird time to be covering the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system.
It’s like experiencing time dilation.
From a fan perspective, Ben Cherington has been in charge of the Pirates forever. He took over in late 2019, before the world had even heard of COVID-19, and is currently in his third season as the GM.
From my perspective, we’re entering year two of seeing what the farm system is doing, and we’re really in year one of understanding what the Pirates are even attempting differently.
You know that scene in Inception where the astronauts who go down to the planet adjacent to the black hole experience an hour of time, but the guy who remains on the ship has to wait 60 years for them to return?