Pirates/MLB category, Page 167

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the contract of right-hander Tanner Anderson from Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday and optioned rookie right Roansy Contreras to the same club. Anderson was in uniform for the game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park and available to pitch out of the bullpen. The Pirates signed...

David Bednar has the same routine each day the Pittsburgh Pirates have a home game. The rookie relief pitcher parks his car in the players’ lot underneath the right field stands at PNC Park. He then walks across the field to the Pirates’ dugout on the third base side before...

When Ke’Bryan Hayes informed the Pittsburgh Pirates that he was feeling soreness in his left wrist, they took no chances risking the health of their starting third baseman. Even though Hayes expressed his desire to play through the pain for the final five games of the season, a conversation with...

INDIANAPOLIS (60-65) rallied past Nashville (Brewers), 5-4. SS Oneil Cruz (.526) went 4 for 5 and hit a game-tying two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth. 3B Diego Castillo (.293) hit a pinch-hit solo home run earlier in the inning. Indy won on a walk-off...

Roansy Contreras arrived with a reputation for throwing heat, so it was no surprise that his first pitch in the major leagues was a four-seam fastball for a called strike. That it registered 120 mph on the radar in a television graphic, however, might have been a mistake. It was...

Ke’Bryan Hayes is dealing with “general left wrist soreness,” an injury that caused the Pittsburgh Pirates to place the third baseman on the 10-day injured list to finish his rookie season. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk specified that while the injury is to the same wrist that forced...

Bryan Reynolds refused to reflect on the struggles of his sophomore season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, preferring to put the memory of his .189 batting average in 2020 behind him. Instead, Reynolds let his bat do the talking. Not only did Reynolds rebound by making his first All-Star Game appearance,...

Jacob Stallings knew that it was an odd time to talk about his healthy season, given that he was just reinstated Tuesday afternoon from the seven-day concussion injured list. The Pittsburgh Pirates catcher was playing his 110th game of the season — and making his 101st start behind the plate...

GREENSBORO (High-A, 2-3) lost 6-3 to Bowling Green (Rays), dropping a winner-take-all Game 5 in the High-A East championship series. Greensboro took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth on a bases-loaded walk by C Blake Sabol and an RBI groundout by CF Matt Gorski. Bowling Green broke...

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton recently claimed that Bryan Reynolds is the biggest beneficiary when Colin Moran is locked in at the cleanup spot because Reynolds sees better pitches. The reverse was true for the Pirates against the Chicago Cubs, as Reynolds reached base four times and twice was in...

The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated catcher Jacob Stallings from the seven-day concussion injured list and infielder/outfielder Michael Chavis from the 10-day IL Tuesday, making both players active for the final homestand of the season. Stallings experienced mild concussion symptoms after taking a backswing off the facemask against the Miami Marlins and...

The Pittsburgh Pirates intend for Roansy Contreras, one of their top pitching prospects, to make his major league debut by starting against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday at PNC Park. The 21-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic, one of four prospects acquired from the New York Yankees in the Jameson...

With four members of the starting rotation on the injured list, Derek Shelton promised he would get creative with his pitching staff. What exactly that involved, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager wouldn’t — or couldn’t — say. “In terms of how we’re going to have to be creative, I can’t honestly...

GREENSBORO (High-A, 2-1) lost 7-5 to Bowling Green (Rays) to set up a winner-take-all Game 5 in the High-A East championship series. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski started and allowed four runs on five hits and three walks in 2.2 innings. After the Grasshoppers tied the score 4-4 in the top of...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made no secret of their belief that the bandbox dimensions of Great American Ball Park benefit the power-hitting lineup of the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds reminded them anyway. Joey Votto hit a pair of home runs – one in the front row in left, another to...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 59-65) outslugged Omaha (Royals), 17-12. SS Oneil Cruz (.429) smacked a solo home run and was 2 for 3 with an RBI, three walks and four runs scored from the leadoff spot. C Christian Bethancourt was 3 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs. 3B Rodolfo...

Max Kranick certainly didn’t show any nerves for a rookie pitching in a pennant race near his hometown. In fact, he was so cool that he made some of the 50-some family in friends in attendance at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia a little angry Sunday. Kranick worked five scoreless...

Pirates rookie reliever David Bednar was reinstated from the 10-day injured list prior to Sunday’s game against the Philles at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Mars graduate had been out with a right oblique strain since Sept. 8. Bednar is 3-1 with three saves and a 2.18 ERA in...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 58-65) was routed by Omaha (Royals), 12-3. 2B Michael Chavis (.271) went 1 for 3 and hit his 13th Triple-A homer of the season, a two-run shot, to provide one of few highlights for Indianapolis. RHP Beau Sulser (7-8, 5.42) started and was hammered for 10 runs on...

The Pittsburgh Pirates could not figure out Ranger Suarez. The left-hander pitched a four-hit shutout to lead the Phillies to a 3-0 win over the Pirates on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Pirates did not get a runner past first base against Suarez (7-5) as he lowered...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 58-64) narrowly beat Omaha (Royals), 9-8. RHP James Marvel (6-7, 5.46) gave up five runs over six innings with eight strikeouts. Indianapolis hit four home runs: 1B Mason Martin had his first two Triple-A long balls, and DH Oneil Cruz (3 for 4) and SS Rodolfo Castro (2...

The Philadelphia Phillies kept falling behind the Pittsburgh Pirates but with their hopes of winning the NL East Division title on the line they were determined to go down swinging. The biggest belonged to shortstop Didi Gregorius, who hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Phillies...

Dillon Peters is the latest Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher who will end his season on the injured list. The Pirates placed the left-handed Peters (1-2, 3.71) on the 10-day injured list Friday with a low back strain and recalled right-hander Miguel Yajure (0-1, 3.86) from Triple-A Indianapolis. Yajure is active...

Before Connor Overton took his first major league at-bat, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton told the pitcher to check first with the coaches to determine whether to bunt or swing. After Michael Perez struck out, the Pirates had the bases loaded and two outs. So Shelton told Overton to take...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 57-64) was handled by Omaha (Royals), 5-2. 2B Rodolfo Castro (.375) accounted for all of Indy’s runs in his second Triple-A game, going 2 for 4 with a pair of solo home runs. RHP John O’Reilly (0-2, 6.35) started and gave up four runs on five hits and...