Justin Guerriero stories, Page 11

As he closes in on a calendar year of being a major-leaguer, Paul Skenes often has embraced the role of stopper for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Whomever the opponent, whatever the circumstance, the Pirates feel pretty good about their prospects of winning when Skenes is on the mound. However, in Thursday’s...

This season, a familiar and unfortunate script has followed Carmen Mlodzinski to the mound. Often sharp early, Mlodzinski’s outings have been prone to unraveling once opposing lineups face him for the second or third time. So when Mlodzinski navigated through four scoreless frames to begin Wednesday’s game at PNC Park...

The Pittsburgh Pirates temporarily will be without one of their top relievers, as righty Dennis Santana was placed on the bereavement list Tuesday afternoon as the club begins a six-game homestand with the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres. Santana, 29, is 0-1 with a 1.46 ERA and 0.89 WHIP...

The end of an era is upon the Pittsburgh Penguins, as the team announced a mutual parting of ways with two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Mike Sullivan on Monday afternoon. Behind the bench in Pittsburgh since December 2015, Sullivan’s 409 wins with the Penguins are a franchise record (Dan Bylsma is...

Winning back-to-back series has been a foreign feeling of late for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the last time they did so was July 19-24, 2024, against Philadelphia and St. Louis. But on the heels of a series win this week at the Los Angeles Angels, and having defeated the Dodgers...

Nearly two-thirds of a year has passed since Oneil Cruz’s move from shortstop to center field last August. That seismic organizational decision by the Pittsburgh Pirates now transcends parts of the 2024 and 2025 campaigns. Yet even with Cruz an increasingly familiar sight in center field, a double-take is still...

Prospect Watch Hunter Barco Position: LHP Height: 6-foot-4 Weight: 235 pounds Level: Double-A Altoona Through two seasons as a professional baseball player, Hunter Barco has not yet known the feeling of one being uninterrupted by injury. A second-round (No. 44 overall) draft pick out of Florida by the Pirates in...

The week ahead vs. Cubs 6:40 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 6:40 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) 12:35 p.m. Thursday (SN PIT) • Following their six-game West Coast road trip, the Pirates return to PNC Park starting Tuesday for their first NL Central divisional action in nearly three weeks. Chicago features one...

Paul Skenes vs. the powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers is a showdown that’s already repeatedly captivated the baseball world in Skenes’ short tenure as a big-leaguer. Friday’s series opener for the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles marked the third time Skenes has met the Dodgers, as he went 1-1 against Shohei...

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate actions towards fans during Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium, it was announced Friday by Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president for on-field operations. Pham is appealing the suspension, which...

It took just under a month into the season, but Thursday night in Anaheim, the Pittsburgh Pirates were presented with their first opportunity at a sweep in 2025. They couldn’t cash in, losing 4-3 to the Angels. For their two preceding wins over Los Angeles, they had their bats in...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a series of roster transactions Thursday ahead of their series finale in Anaheim vs. the Los Angeles Angels, calling up outfielder/first baseman Matt Gorski and right-handed pitcher Mike Burrows from Triple-A Indianapolis. Additionally, the Pirates optioned outfielder Jack Suwinski to Triple-A, and lefty reliever Tim Mayza...

The Pittsburgh Pirates will be without Tim Mayza for a significant amount of time, as the left-handed reliever is being shut down from throwing for six weeks due to a shoulder lat muscle strain and teres major injury. Director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk revealed the news on Mayza to...

Vasily Ponomarev does not immediately come to mind as the person best positioned to offer a diagnosis on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024-25 campaign, which recently ended short of the playoffs for the third straight season. Coach Mike Sullivan or one of the player mainstays who spent most, if not the...

Only Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington knows exactly what he was hoping to get out of left-hander Andrew Heaney when bringing the 33-year-old aboard this past February on a one-year deal. For those inclined to take a guess at what Cherington saw in Heaney, a stable veteran presence within...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are still working through logistical details regarding the arrival and distribution of additional Paul Skenes bobbleheads stemming from the original promotional giveaway Saturday at PNC Park. But on Wednesday, the club reached out to fans, particularly those who scanned into PNC Park seeking one of the coveted...

Judging solely by points accrued and end-of-year conference standings, the Pittsburgh Penguins regressed in Year 2 of Kyle Dubas’ tenure as general manager and president of hockey operations. The Penguins, who missed the playoffs for the third straight season, finished 2024-25 with 80 points, 11 shy of the final Eastern...

Were you among Saturday’s sellout crowd at PNC Park to watch Paul Skenes pitch, only to leave the game without a bobblehead of the Pittsburgh Pirates phenom? Then keep an eye out this week for a pertinent announcement from the Pirates. Per Pirates senior vice president of communications and broadcasting...