The survey was neither scientific nor a deep dive. The results were revealing, though. I talked to a cross-section of five baseball people on Tuesday morning — a general manager, a manager, a pitching coach, a player development director and a scouting director.
The New York Yankees crushed the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend, but their bats have gone silent in the first two games of their AL East showdown with the Baltimore Orioles.
Submit your questions here! As the Pirates drop games in miserable unwatchable fashion to AAA quality rosters, it’s once again time for our monthly Q&A.
The Pittsburgh Pirates offense is hurting, and it’s time to look to the triple-A Indianapolis Indians for help. After a promising 8-2 start, the Pirates are 14-16 after Monday’s 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Oakland Athletics.
OAKLAND — The 1993 film “Groundhog Day” is a classic, so it’s probably safe to assume that many Pittsburgh Pirates fans are also fans of that film. The main character, Bill Murray, is a based newscaster, which is an added bonus.
A seven-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner, Chapman is a player who could help teach the young pitchers how to win.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (14-17) play on Wednesday at 3:37 PM ET against the Oakland Athletics (14-17), who enter the matchup with a three-game winning streak.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates managed three wins on Tuesday night, headlined by 2023 first overall pick Paul Skenes pitching a quality start for the first time this season as his innings continue to climb.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Another loss, another awful offensive output, and the final night of April gets spent in last place. The Pirates continued their stretch of wretched results Tuesday night, falling to the Athletics, 5-2, at Oakland Coliseum and falling into the National League Central Division cellar for the first time this season.
OAKLAND — The Pittsburgh Pirates had more than double the hits and exactly double the runs Tuesday night compared to the night before. They still lost, 5-2, guaranteeing a series loss to the A’s in Oakland. The Pirates drew first blood right away, taking a 1-0 lead on a Connor Joe home run in the first inning.
Skenes owns a 0.53 ERA in 17 innings with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. Indianapolis has this guy who throws 101 mph as a former No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed the trade that sent right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker to the New York Yankees. The player to be named later heading back to the Pirates is infield prospect Keiner Delgado, who was ranked as the Yankees’ No.
With April rounding to a close, it’s the perfect time to compare this year’s Pirates team—which raced out to a 9-2 start and the most wins in the National League through much of the first three weeks—with last year’s club, which enjoyed a similar hot start before falling back to earth.
To put it bluntly, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense has been abysmal over the past couple of weeks. Since scoring nine runs on Apr. 14 against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pirates have scored a total of 29 runs over their last 14 games.
Veteran pitchers will go head-to-head for the third time in their careers when Alex Wood and the Oakland Athletics host Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night in the second contest of a three-game series.
After being given a $10.5 million contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Aroldis Chapman has been a disappointment recently. After a good start to the season, Chapman now has an ERA of 6.00, a WHIP of 1.889, and a FIP of 5.05 at the close of Sunday’s action.
Two teams that took much different modes of transportation to the same site meet up in Oakland, Calif., on Monday night when the Athletics entertain the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game series.
SAN FRANCISCO -- For two weeks, Rowdy Tellez has been in search of something to boost his confidence. Perhaps a few quality swings, a hard-hit ball put
Many fans wonder how long it will take before the Pirates call up the generational prospect.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jared Jones claimed his first real MLB victim on Monday night.
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