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Pirates farm report for Aug. 28, 2021: Liover Peguero homers in Greensboro rout
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-53) outslugged Louisville (Reds), 13-10. LF Jared Oliva (.242) went 3 for 3 with a walk and five RBIs. SS Ethan Paul (.220) was 1 for 4 with a double and drove in four runs. 1B Phillip Evans (.257) went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles...
Adam Wainwright tosses 7 scoreless innings as Cardinals pound Pirates
Where the Pittsburgh Pirates finally cut ties with Gregory Polanco in favor of a youth movement, the St. Louis Cardinals are pinning their playoff hopes on a pitcher who is two days shy of his 40th birthday. Adam Wainwright isn’t just ageless, he keeps the Pirates scoreless. For the third...
Pirates release RF Gregory Polanco, severing ties with team’s longest-tenured player
As one of baseball’s top prospects, Gregory Polanco was trumpeted by Sports Illustrated as baseball’s Next Big Thing. Polanco never lived up to that billing with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who severed ties with their longest-tenured player and the last holdover from their postseason teams Saturday by releasing the right fielder....
Pirates find ‘more satisfaction than motivation’ in serving as spoiler for foes in playoff race
That the Pittsburgh Pirates are 31 games out of first place in the NL Central and 231⁄2 games back from wild card contention hasn’t stopped them from paying attention to the playoff race. Even though the Pirates (47-83) have no realistic shot at making the postseason, they know that they...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 27, 2021: Quinn Priester, reliever combine on 1-hitter for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 46-53) walked it off in 10 innings against Louisville (Reds), winning 3-2. RHP Beau Sulser (4.53) started and went 4⅓ innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He also struck out three. The bullpen pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, with LHP Joe Jacques (4.53) getting two outs and RHP...
Pirates fail to capitalize against Cardinals, as Tommy Edman homers, has 3 RBIs
The four reviews should have served as a cue for the Pittsburgh Pirates that this would be a game of close calls. One they would eventually lose. Tommy Edman hit a two-run home run and a sacrifice fly for three RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3...
Mark Madden: Gregory Polanco’s career has been a disaster for Pirates
Gregory Polanco got waived by the Pirates one day, then started for them the next. That is so Polanco and so Pirates. The Pirates should alternate Polanco and some other bum like Anthony Alford in right field. (Alford got waived by the Pirates in April but stayed with the organization.)...
Colin Moran quells concerns over hand injury by powering Pirates since his return from IL
Colin Moran couldn’t hide his frustration when he was hit by a pitch in the left wrist by Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland, a fracture that would sideline the Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman for five weeks. Moran already had missed 24 games with a left groin strain earlier this season,...
Tim Benz: A day after earning jeers, Gregory Polanco gets some cheers
Of course, it went that way for Gregory Polanco and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night. Of course, it did. The beautiful irony of sports can even shine on the lowly Buccos from time to time. After struggling outfielder Gregory Polanco had been put on waivers and brought back —...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 26, 2021: Osvaldo Bido works 7 scoreless for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-53) was handled by Louisville (Reds), 5-1. RHP Max Kranick (2-4, 5.10) gave up four runs, three earned, on four hits and three walks in 4.1 innings. LHP Sam Howard (0.00), recovering from an oblique injury, pitched a scoreless inning. So did veteran RHP Shelby Miller (3.09). 3B...
Sparked by Gregory Polanco, Pirates use 8-run rally for comeback to beat Cardinals
Gregory Polanco complained about the catcalls from Pittsburgh Pirates fans before Thursday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, then turned the jeers to cheers at PNC Park. Polanco went 3 for 4 with two doubles, including a two-run line drive to left in an eight-run seventh inning to score...
Gregory Polanco fires back at Pirates fans: ‘I’m a human being, too’
Gregory Polanco sounded off on Pittsburgh Pirates fans who have heckled him at PNC Park this week, showing their sharp criticism has clearly stung the pride of the right fielder who is the team’s longest-tenured player. A day after Polanco made a costly error in a 5-2 loss to the...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans are mad about Mason Rudolph and hot about Dwayne Haskins; Pirates fans are peeved
Little should surprise me at this point when it comes to how angsty online dialogue about the Steelers can be. But some of what I’ve seen about the backup quarterback “debate” between Dwayne Haskins and Mason Rudolph is blowing my mind. The funny thing is, both guys have actually been...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 25, 2021: Liover Peguero delivers 3 hits, homer for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-52) lost to Louisville (Reds), 6-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (1-2, 3.51) gave up two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in his second appearance with Indianapolis coming off a forearm injury. RHP Tanner Anderson (3.86) was tagged for four runs on four hits in...
Gregory Polanco makes costly error, bullpen blows lead as Pirates fail to sweep Arizona
The Pittsburgh Pirates television broadcast crew brought their brooms, but the only sweeping being done Wednesday night at PNC Park was another disheartening loss under the proverbial rug. Bryse Wilson came off the injured list to pitch five scoreless innings, only for Gregory Polanco to make a costly error and...
Pirates’ No. 1 pick Henry Davis goes on IL with oblique injury, could miss rest of season
Henry Davis, picked No. 1 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, is on the injured list with a right oblique strain that could bring a premature end to his first professional season. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk confirmed Wednesday that Davis was placed on...
Pirates activate RHP Bryse Wilson to start against Arizona, place JT Brubaker on IL
The Pittsburgh Pirates activated right-handed pitcher Bryse Wilson from the 10-day injured list in time to start Wednesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Wilson (0-2, 4.80 ERA), acquired at the trade deadline from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for closer Richard Rodriguez, went on the IL on Aug. 15 with...
Michael Chavis hits 1st home run for Pirates after focusing on letting power come naturally
After hitting his first home run with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Michael Chavis celebrated with his new teammates in the dugout and then pulled out a little black book to commemorate the occasion. Dating to his days with the High-A Salem (Va.) Red Sox in the minor leagues, Chavis has kept...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 24, 2021: Oneil Cruz steals 2 bases, scores 4 runs for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-51) fell, 3-2, to Louisville (Reds). LHP Sam Howard, on a rehab assignment for an oblique injury, was the opener, pitching a scoreless inning with a walk and two strikeouts. RHP James Marvel (4-6, 5.42) followed and gave up three runs on five hits with six strikeouts in...
JT Brubaker ends skid, Michael Chavis, Anthony Alford homer as Pirates top Diamondbacks
JT Brubaker was closing in on three months between earning wins, a stretch the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander called a continuous cycle where he learned to focus on his next start instead of his last. Brubaker got his groove back against the Arizona Diamondbacks, thanks to improved fastball command and a...
Pirates SS Kevin Newman delivers gems in ‘best defensive game that I can remember’
When Kevin Newman works on ground balls, he uses it as a chance to practice plays like making a backhand stop and following with a jump-throw from deep in the hole or going left to make a spinning toss. Never did the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop imagine pulling off both plays...
First Call: Ex-Steeler ‘Duck’ Hodges gets cut; so much for the idea of Mason Rudolph to Atlanta; ancient Pirates history relived
Tuesday’s “First Call” tells us what’s become of former Steelers cult hero Devlin “Duck” Hodges in Los Angeles. What some thought was a potential trade destination for Mason Rudolph has come and gone. The Yankees and Braves recreated some old time Pirates history. And “Hard Knocks” needs a soft landing...
Pirates rally from 4-run deficit to defeat last-place Diamondbacks
Look at the box score from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 6-5 victory Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and you’ll see more runs than the home team has scored in any of their previous eight games. The bats came alive at PNC Park, right? In certain crucial moments they did when...
Gregory Polanco in Pirates lineup Monday; Michael Chavis recalled to play 2nd base
Returning to PNC Park for the start of a seven-game homestand, the Pittsburgh Pirates turned the page toward another chapter in their ongoing rebuilding process. This time, however, there’s a twist. Gregory Polanco’s still here. There were multiple reports Sunday night that Polanco, the longest-tenured and highest-paid Pirates player, was...
Pirates enter final 38 games looking for a right fielder
In the five seasons before the arrival of Gregory Polanco, the Pittsburgh Pirates conducted what amounted to one-year tryouts in right field. From 2009-13, management always wanted to find a keeper to insert in front of the Clemente Wall at PNC Park. But Brandon Moss, Lastings Milledge, Garrett Jones, Jose...
