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Pirates select South Carolina right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski with 31st pick in MLB Draft
With their second pick on the first day of the MLB Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected college pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski of South Carolina 31st overall in the Competitive Balance Round A. With the 31st pick in the #MLBDraft, we have selected Carmen Mlodzinski from the University of South Carolina.Welcome to...
Pirates pick New Mexico State shortstop Nick Gonzales in 1st round of MLB DraftVideo
Nick Gonzales knew that multiple mock drafts predicted the Pittsburgh Pirates would take him in the first round of the MLB Draft, and it started to feel real when he saw a photoshopped image of him in a Pirates uniform. When the New Mexico State middle infielder was still on...
Pirates release 39 minor league players, including Jake Elmore, in cost-cutting move
Hours before the MLB Draft on Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates released 39 minor league players in a cost-cutting move. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington warned last week that cuts were coming, a result of anticipated contraction of minor league teams and the likelihood there won’t be a full minor league...
For Pirates, top-10 picks have been mixed bag of blessings, curses over past two decades
The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 7 overall pick in the MLB Draft, and it’s the first chance for Ben Cherington to make his mark as general manager in a way that predecessors David Littlefield and Neal Huntington couldn’t. If the past two decades for the Pirates are any indication,...
A look at possible Pirates 1st-round picks as GM Ben Cherington keeps it a guessing game
When Ben Cherington conducted a call on Zoom last week to discuss the MLB Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager was jokingly asked to divulge the team’s first-round target. “If you want to tell us who we’re taking,” Cherington said, “you have as good a guess as I do, probably,...
First MLB Draft as Pirates GM will be telling for how Ben Cherington wants to build for future
Before his first MLB Draft as Pittsburgh Pirates general manager, Ben Cherington was asked about his philosophy on making a first-round pick and gave the type of answer that wouldn’t tip his hand. “The simple, boring answer is best player available,” Cherington said last week on a conference call with...
Pirates All-Star Josh Bell calls this an ‘awesome opportunity’ for athletes to voice injusticesVideo
In a radio roundtable discussion on racial and social injustice, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star first baseman Josh Bell called for police accountability, voting for candidates who push for reform and said this is “an awesome opportunity” for athletes of all races to come together and voice their concerns so “real change...
Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 86: Hines Ward came up all smiles for Steelers in best gameVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 86: Hines Ward Whether for his joyful jump into the end zone in Super Bowl XL or one of the vicious crackbacks that earned...
Piecing together a decent rotation could prove problematic for Pirates
Since trading Gerrit Cole, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been searching for an ace for their pitching staff. After losing Jameson Taillon to Tommy John surgery and Chris Archer to neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, they are faced with a more daunting challenge. Forget finding an ace. The Pirates will have...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Cuts coming for Pirates, but will a baseball season soon follow?
As the NBA and NHL prepare for the playoffs, baseball’s return remains on hold as MLB owners and the players’ association continue to haggle over economic issues. On Thursday, officials from the MLBPA held a digital meeting with more than 100 players, including the union’s executive board, then released a...
Chris Archer’s health issues make Tampa Bay trade a disaster that haunts Pirates
Two weeks into spring training, Chris Archer was counting down the days until Opening Day and the possibility of pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Tampa Bay Rays. For Archer, it would have marked a return to Tropicana Field and a shot at redemption for the ill-fated and lopsided...
Pirates would hold spring training at PNC Park, GM Ben Cherington confirms
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington confirmed Wednesday that an abridged spring training to prepare for an MLB season this summer would be held at PNC Park. “If it happens, and assuming it happens, it would take place in Pittsburgh,” Cherington said on a conference call, adding that the club...
Pirates starting pitcher Chris Archer will miss 2020 season following surgery
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer will miss the 2020 MLB season after undergoing surgery to relieve symptoms of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. The Pirates said the surgery was performed in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson, a vascular surgeon at Washington University Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome at Barnes-Jewish Hospital....
Pirates speak out against George Floyd killing, vow to invest and ‘help effect positive change’
The Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday spoke out against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, calling it “yet another in a long, sad line of senseless acts of racial injustice in our country” and vowing to invest “the time, energy and resources necessary to help effect positive change.” In...
Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 92: James Harrison evolved into dominant defender
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. If James Harrison had quit football after being cut a handful of times in his first two seasons, he would have been just another guy...
As MLB teams make cuts, Pirates commit to paying minor-league players through June
As MLB teams are releasing hundreds of minor-league players in cost-cutting measures, the Pittsburgh Pirates have committed to paying their 300-plus players in the minors $400 weekly stipends plus health care benefits through June, a source told the Tribune-Review on Saturday. With additional teams in short-season Class A and Dominican...
Brotherly love brings out the best in Johnsons, as NBA’s Cam preps Puff for North CarolinaVideo
The competition between brothers Cameron and Donovan “Puff” Johnson is constant and never more evident than on the basketball court in the driveway of their Moon Township home. The games became so competitive neighbors started to gather to watch them play, so intense their parents made them stop before a...
Pirates Charities, Pittsburgh police team up during Citiparks’ Grab-and-Go event
Pittsburgh Pirates bench coach Don Kelly and Pittsburgh police Chief Scott Schubert didn’t just distribute lunches to children at Paulson Recreation Center. They also handed out baseball cards. Pirates Charities and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officers teamed with the Topps Company to launch a program earlier this month that...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 94: Lawrence Timmons shined as top tackler for Steelers
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. Lawrence Timmons sometimes gets lost in the lore of Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebackers, behind Hall of Famer Jack Lambert, predecessor James Farrior and even partner...
NBA rookie Cameron Johnson warms up lunches with food donation to families in Moon
When the coronavirus crisis shut down the NBA season, Cameron Johnson drove directly from Phoenix to Pittsburgh in a 28-hour trip so he could return to his Moon Township home. Before Johnson goes back, he wanted to give back. The Phoenix Suns rookie donated food and drinks Thursday morning to...
Gov. Wolf order: Pittsburgh pro sports teams may return to practice, play without fans
Gov. Tom Wolf issued an order Wednesday afternoon that allows Pittsburgh’s pro sports franchises to return to using their team facilities, albeit without spectators. The order, which provides guidelines for pro teams in counties in the yellow or green phase of the governor’s plan for reopening, paves the way for...
MLB economic proposal for sliding salary scale would hit Pirates’ highest-paid players hardest
With MLB’s lowest payroll at a reported $54 million for 2020, the Pittsburgh Pirates have only 10 players scheduled to make more than $1 million this season. An economic proposal from baseball’s owners, as reported by USA Today, would require the team’s highest-paid players like pitcher Chris Archer, right fielder...
Former Pirate Jung Ho Kang plans return to Korean Baseball Organization after suspension
Former Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang received a one-year suspension from the Korean Baseball Organization on Monday for his three drunken driving arrests. The 33-year-old Kang also was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service during a hearing on Monday, which he did not attend because he...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 99: Pitt’s Hugh Green was devastatingly dominant
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 99: Hugh Green A “Sports Illustrated” cover called him “The Baddest Cat in the Game” in 1980, and no one who lined up opposite...
Pirates closer Keone Kela ‘fairly confident’ that MLB, players union can come to an agreementVideo
Keone Kela believes major leaguers want to play baseball this summer and said he is “fairly confident” that the MLB Players Association can come to an agreement with the owners. The Pittsburgh Pirates closer expressed hope the 2020 season can resume during an interview with Bucco Talk host Dan Zangrilli...
