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Mitch Keller deserves lots of credit for making the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season interesting. The right-handed pitcher is 9-4 with a 3.52 ERA. Keller has made 11 quality starts out of 18. Keller is an All-Star and could contend for the National League Cy Young Award. The Pirates aren’t yet very...

One evening after mustering just four hits in a series-ending loss to the Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates were once again limited offensively Friday, this time by Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen, in the first game of three against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. The Pirates, down Andrew McCutchen and Ke’Bryan Hayes,...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 40-44) got past Memphis (Cardinals), 2-1. RHP JC Flowers (9.10) worked as an opener, pitching a scoreless first. RHP Jared Jones (1-1) followed and threw four innings, allowing one run on one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts, to earn the win. LHP Jose Hernandez (0.00) pitched...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a series of roster moves Friday evening ahead of their series-opening game in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks, most notably of which was the placement of Andrew McCutchen and Ke’Bryan Hayes on the 10-day injured list. McCutchen heads to the injured list, a move retroactive to...

After winning the inaugural lottery, the Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 overall choice in the MLB Draft for the sixth time in franchise history and the chance to take a future impact player. The question is whether that will be on the mound or in the outfield. Talent evaluators...

Greg Amsinger, who will host the MLB Draft for the 15th year on MLB Network, shared his thoughts with the Tribune-Review on the evolution of the event, his favorite draft-day stories, the top prospects in the Class of 2023 and which player he believes the Pirates will select with the...

These days, just about the only thing that the Pirates may be hitting at the right time is the All-Star break. After losing three of four in Los Angeles, manager Derek Shelton’s team is 6-17 in its last 23 games. So the Buccos are limping into their final series before...

Friday’s “First Call” has an interesting forecast for Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett. An ex-Penguins player is about to be surrounded by some familiar faces. A WPIAL basketball product is now on Team USA. And Pirates fans are about to read something they probably don’t want to consider regarding the upcoming...

Johan Oviedo pitched 6 ⅔ innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in Thursday’s series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, allowing six hits while punching out six. Unfortunately, two of those hits were two-run homers, which, combined with the Pirates managing only four hits of their own, contributed...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 39-44) beat Memphis (Cardinals), 3-2, on a walk-off sacrifice fly by DH Miguel Andujar (.354) in the bottom of the ninth. CF Chris Owings (.261) singled with one out and C Endy Rodriguez (.258) followed with a single that sent Owings to third. Rodriguez went 2 for 4...

The Pittsburgh Pirates regained the services of one of their key players Thursday ahead of their game at the Los Angeles Dodgers, as third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. The Pirates optioned right-hander Roansy Contreras to Triple-A Indianapolis. Hayes, who has not played since June...

Ryan Borucki was one strike away from getting the job done. With two outs, a pair of runners on and the Milwaukee Brewers threatening to score late-game insurance runs, Borucki, taking the mound in the eighth inning, had delivered a pair of strikes to Brice Turang. But then, disaster struck....

Holding the top overall choice in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft provides two rare opportunities for the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1. Theoretically, they can just make a pure baseball decision on a player, and money doesn’t have to come into play. 2. Theoretically, they can’t screw it up. Theoretically. That’s...

After a wild ride the previous night and some shaky starting pitching over the past week, there was nothing the Pittsburgh Pirates needed more Wednesday at Dodger Stadium than a solid performance from their starter. Osvaldo Bido failed to provide it, and the Dodgers (48-38) went on to record a...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 38-44) was held to three singles in a 4-1 loss to Memphis (Cardinals). SS Liover Peguero, making his Triple-A debut, went 0 for 3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored. RF Miguel Andujar (.356), LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.259) and 3B Chris Owings (.261) had...

Luis Ortiz, who has made 10 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates but recently ran into hard times, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday. Ortiz (2-3) was the starting pitcher in the Pirates’ 9-7 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday when he allowed nine hits, including three home...

There was a promise of fireworks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers delivered — even before the postgame sky show started. The game featured five home run blasts in front of a Fourth of July crowd of 51,487. The Dodgers hit four...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 38-43) took down Memphis (Cardinals), 8-5. DH Ji Man Choi (.400) was 2 for 5 with a two-run homer and two runs scored. 1B/RF Miguel Andujar (.356) was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, including a three-run home run. C Endy Rodriguez (.258) was 2 for 4 with...

It took a few days to make it official, but Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar on Tuesday was added to the National League roster for the All-Star Game. It will be Bednar’s second consecutive appearance in the All-Star Game, which is 8 p.m. July 11 in Seattle. The Renegade returns....

Middle infielder Liover Peguero, ranked No. 7 among Pittsburgh Pirates prospects by MLB Pipeline, was promoted Tuesday from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis. Acquired before the 2020 season in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for Starling Marte, Peguero, 22, was slashing .260/.333/.453 this season, his second in Altoona, with...

Our Fourth of July edition of “First Call” features J.J. Watt’s account of considering the Steelers as a free-agent destination a few years ago. We look at the Penguins’ latest player acquisition. If Paul Skenes becomes a Pirate, he wants to do more than pitch. And Ronald Acuña Jr. is...

For a good portion of this season, Mitch Keller has been a reliable pitcher, able to carry the team through rough times. In four of Keller’s nine victories, the previous game or games had been defeats. From April 30 to May 16, he was the only Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher with...

Five members of the Los Angeles Dodgers were named to the National League All-Star team before their 5-2 victory Monday night at Dodger Stadium against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Even without 10-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw missing his scheduled start Monday with shoulder soreness, the Dodgers (47-37)...