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Confidence factor: Why Pirates pitchers have full faith in veteran catcher Yasmani Grandal
Yasmani Grandal isn’t hitting anywhere near his weight and admittedly made an inexcusable mental error that allowed the Colorado Rockies to steal home Saturday night, a blemish for any catcher. Yet there’s a reason the Pittsburgh Pirates find value in the 35-year-old Grandal, and it has everything to do with...
Pirates farm report for June 16, 2024: Thomas Harrington throws 5 1-hit innings in Altoona win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-38) was blanked 5-0 by Jacksonville (Marlins). Indianapolis was held to four hits, all singles. DH Joshua Palacios (.261) went 2 for 4. LHP Nick Dombkowski (1-2, 4.43) started and gave up three runs on six hits in 3⅔ innings. He walked one and struck out four. RHP...
Josh Fleming, Jason Delay deliver for Pirates in bounce-back win over Rockies to clinch series
The Pittsburgh Pirates turned to a pair of new arrivals for emergency spot starts, and left-handed reliever Josh Fleming and catcher Jason Delay required no extra incentive. Battery mates at Triple-A Indianapolis, both used their second chances to provide prominent performances as the Pirates bounced back from a double-digit defeat...
Rockies pound Jared Jones, bullpen to hand Pirates most lopsided loss of season
Jared Jones had matched his career high in earned runs when Colorado Rockies third base coach Warren Schaeffer noticed that Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Yasmani Grandal was lobbing the ball back to the mound. So Schaeffer, a Vandergrift native and Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, tipped Ryan McMahon to be on alert....
Pirates farm report for June 15, 2024: Matt Gorski, Joshua Palacios homer in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-37) handled Jacksonville (Marlins), 6-2. CF Matt Gorski (.262) went 2 for 4 with double and his 13th home run. LF Joshua Palacios (.238) went 2 for 5 with a double and his first Triple-A homer of the season. SS Andres Alvarez (.267) went 4 for 4 with...
Pirates place Henry Davis on concussion IL, recall Jason Delay to serve as backup catcher
When Henry Davis took a foul ball off the face mask Friday night at Colorado, it proved to be worse than expected. Not only was the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher removed from the game but he was placed the catcher on the seven-day concussion injured list before Saturday’s game against the...
‘Exit velocity is king’: Pirates’ Oneil Cruz aware of, but not infatuated by, omnipresent metricVideo
As Major League Baseball reaches a decade in the Statcast era, advanced metrics are at the fingertips of fans, players and coaches alike. One analytic arguably reigns supreme by virtue of its ubiquitous presence in discussing the sport today: exit velocity. In the words of Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter Andrew...
Andrew McCutchen, Bryan Reynolds, Jack Suwinski homer to push Pirates past Rockies
The high altitude of Coors Field proved to be the perfect antidote to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ slumbering lumber. Bryan Reynolds, Andrew McCutchen and Jack Suwinski homered to provide run support to propel the Pirates to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in the first of a...
Pirates farm report for June 14, 2024: Indianapolis wins on Liover Peguero homer
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-37) beat Jacksonville (Marlins), 3-2, on a solo home run by SS Liover Peguero (.265) that snapped a 2-2 tie in the top of the ninth. It was Peguero’s fourth homer of the season. LF Matt Fraizer (.240) went 1 for 3 with two RBIs. 3B Malcom Nunez...
Pirates place RHP Hunter Stratton on 15-day IL, select LHP Josh Fleming
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a series of roster moves before Friday’s game against the Colorado Rockies, bringing back a former reliever to a bullpen dealing with an injury. The Pirates placed right-hander Hunter Stratton (2-1, 4.26 ERA, one save) on the 15-day injured list with a right triceps strain and...
Pirates hope 1st homer a step in the right direction for catcher Henry Davis
Henry Davis makes it clear he doesn’t care about anything but winning, so the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher isn’t the type to seek solace in making hard contact when it’s a foul ball. When Davis pulled a ball nearly 400 feet in the fifth inning Wednesday in St. Louis, it was...
Pirates farm report for June 13, 2024: Braxton Ashcraft goes 6 strong, earns win in Triple-A debut
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-37) beat Jacksonville (Marlins), 4-1. In his Triple-A debut, RHP Braxton Ashcraft (1-0, 1.50) started and went six innings, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and four strikeouts. RHP Connor Sadzeck (3.58) threw a scoreless seventh, allowing one hit. RHP Brent Honeywell (4.99) pitched two...
Pirates trade LHP Jose Hernandez to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash considerations
Jose Hernandez is headed back to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two days after designating the left-handed reliever for assignment, the Pirates traded Hernandez to the Dodgers on Thursday night for cash considerations. The Pirates picked Hernandez in the 2022 Rule 5 Draft from the Dodgers, and he was 1-3 with...
Mitch Keller gives up 2 home runs as Cardinals beat Pirates to win series
Mitch Keller has had an impressive stretch of streaks for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the one that came to an end against the St. Louis Cardinals proved to be the difference in the game. Keller hadn’t surrendered more than one home run in a game since Sept. 20 at the...
In bullpen shakeup, Pirates activate RHP Dennis Santana, option RHP Ryder Ryan
The Pittsburgh Pirates added right-hander Dennis Santana to their active roster before Thursday’s game at the St. Louis Cardinals, the latest move in their bullpen shakeup. The 28-year-old Santana, claimed Tuesday off waivers from the New York Yankees, adds another veteran arm to the relief corps. The 28-year-old has a...
Pirates reliever Kyle Nicolas pitches with conviction in fanning 5 against Cardinals
Kyle Nicolas has had his share of moments ranging from the emphatic to the erratic this season, so the Pittsburgh Pirates reliever wanted to focus on filling up the strike zone against the St. Louis Cardinals. The result was Nicolas’ most impressive outing, as the right-hander struck out the heart...
Pirates farm report for June 12, 2024: Catcher Shawn Ross belts 3 homers for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-37) lost 3-1 to Jacksonville (Marlins). RHP Domingo German (0-4, 6.93) started and allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits, including a home run. He walked two and struck out four. LHP Nick Dombkowski (3.86) followed with 2.2 scoreless innings, not allowing a hit. RHP Connor Sadzeck...
Sonny Gray strikes out 9, Cardinals have 11 hits in win over Pirates
Sonny Gray seemed off at the start as the St. Louis Cardinals right-hander allowed the first two batters he faced to reach base. After walking Andrew McCutchen and giving up a double to Bryan Reynolds, Gray struck out the next three Pittsburgh Pirates on his way to recording nine strikeouts...
Paul Skenes appreciates standing ovation from St. Louis fans
Paul Skenes appreciated the love he received Tuesday night from St. Louis fans. When the Pirates starter was pulled from the game with one out and a man on second in the seventh inning, he did so to a standing ovation from Cardinals fans. Paul Skenes got a standing ovation...
First Call: Speculation on Mike Tomlin’s contract value; Diontae Johnson wants some respect
Wednesday’s “First Call” has a hunch about what Mike Tomlin is making from the Pittsburgh Steelers on his newest coaching contract. Diontae Johnson is talking himself up in Carolina. And we celebrate another happy Penguins anniversary. What it took We know Mike Tomlin signed a contract extension on Monday to...
Pirates’ Paul Skenes tests limits with career high in pitches, innings in St. Louis series openerVideo
With plenty of baseball remaining to be played this season, there’s already been considerable speculation about how the Pittsburgh Pirates are managing the workloads of their two prized assets: starting pitchers Paul Skenes and Jared Jones. On April 16, when Jones was yanked in the midst of a one-hit, scoreless...
Pirates farm report for June 11, 2024: Charles McAdoo homers, drives in 5 for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-36) was edged out by Jacksonville (Marlins), 2-1. RHP Daulton Jefferies (6.10) started and allowed one run on four hits in 5.2 innings. He walked none and struck out two. LHP Geronimo Franzua (6.47) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings. LHP Brady Feigl (3.24) allowed one run on two hits...
Paul Skenes dazzles again, Pirates plate a pair in the 9th to top Cardinals
Paul Skenes has yet to taste defeat in his young MLB career, and the St. Louis Cardinals weren’t about to change that Tuesday night. In his sixth MLB start, Skenes set new career-highs in pitches (103) and innings pitched (6⅓), dueling Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas while taking a no-decision in...
Pirates recall RHP Ryder Ryan from Triple-A, claim RHP Dennis Santana off waivers from Yankees
In an ongoing quest to bolster their bullpen, the Pittsburgh Pirates made a handful of transactions ahead of their three-game series in St. Louis, recalling righty Ryder Ryan from Triple-A Indianapolis, designating left-hander Jose Hernandez for assignment and scooping 28-year-old righty Dennis Santana off waivers from the New York Yankees....
Pirates’ Jared Triolo develops into solid infielder by using his natural gifts, baseball technology
Jared Triolo made an error March 28, missing a toss from shortstop Oneil Cruz at second base in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season opener against the Marlins in Miami. It happens. But let’s put that gaffe in an interesting light. • Triolo more than made up for that second-inning error by...
