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Pirates farm report for Aug. 13, 2023: Beau Sulser, 4 relievers toss 1-hitter for Indians
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 52-60) shut out Nashville (Brewers), 4-0. Five Indians pitchers combined to allow one hit with 11 strikeouts. RHP Beau Sulser (1-1, 9.82) allowed one hit with two walks and six strikeouts over five innings and earned the win. RHP John O’Reilly (4.00), RHP Yohan Ramirez (4.87), RHP Hunter...
‘I’d rather do it here’: Andrew McCutchen wants to chase championship with Pirates
Andrew McCutchen isn’t seeing many pitches in the strike zone, so the Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter is sitting three home runs shy of 300 for his career in a season of milestone moments. What McCutchen does have visions of is the makings of a team he believes can be a...
Jared Triolo hits 3-run shot for 1st career home run in win but Reds rally to split doubleheader
With a concentration on making contact, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Jared Triolo treats home runs like accidents. If the first of his major-league career wasn’t intentional, it sure left PNC Park in a hurry. Triolo drilled a three-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Pirates to a 4-2 win...
Pirates perturbed by trio of ejections in loss to Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton still was upset about being one of three coaches who were ejected from the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday at PNC Park. Home plate umpire Nic Lentz tossed Shelton, pitching coach Oscar Marin and bench coach Don Kelly in...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 12, 2023: Termarr Johnson belts 1st homer with Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 51-60) got past Nashville (Brewers), 3-2. RHP Luis Ortiz (4-4, 4.15) started and went five innings, allowing one run on three hits, including a homer, with no walks and three strikeouts. RHP Wil Crowe (2.70) and RHP Yerry De Los Santos (6.35) each threw a scoreless innings. RHP...
Free and easy: Pirates right-hander Andre Jackson’s flow resembles how he throws
Andre Jackson wore his hair in a high and tight fade for most of his life before letting it grow out the past five years. Now, the Pittsburgh Pirates reliever has a flow that resembles the way he throws. Free and easy. “I’m sure a lot of people think about...
Pirates-Reds game postponed due to weather, will play split doubleheader on Sunday
The Pittsburgh Pirates postponed Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds because of expected inclement weather, the first game postponed at PNC Park this season. The Pirates-Reds game will be made up Sunday as part of a split doubleheader, their first since Sept. 4, 2020. They will play their scheduled game...
Pirates recall Osvaldo Bido from Triple-A, place Carmen Mlodzinski on injured list
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a bullpen switch Saturday afternoon, sending righty Carmen Mlodzinski to the 15-day injured list and recalling fellow right-hander Osvaldo Bido from Triple-A Indianapolis. Mlodzinski has right elbow soreness, but manager Derek Shelton said the issue is “very minor.” Since making his MLB debut June 16, the...
Pirates top pick Paul Skenes set to make Single-A debut for Bradenton
Paul Skenes, selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft, will make his Single-A debut Tuesday for the Low-A Bradenton Marauders against Lakeland at LECOM Park. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander from LSU, who was named most outstanding player of the College World...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 11, 2023: Greensboro’s Jack Brannigan homers for 5th straight game
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-60) lost 7-5 to Nashville (Brewers). 3B Malcom Nunez (.255) went 2 for 4 with a double and his fifth homer, a two-run shot. DH Domingo Leyba (.389) went 3 for 4 with a triple, his third homer, two runs scored and two RBIs. CF Ryan Vilade (.258)...
Reds take advantage of Johan Oviedo’s command issues to pound Pirates
After a string of seven consecutive losses was followed by three straight strong starts, the Pittsburgh Pirates were seeing some consistency and signs of growth from Johan Oviedo. That came crashing to a halt Friday night against the Cincinnati Reds, when the 24-year-old right-hander struggled from the start and couldn’t...
Pirates debunk PNC Park kitten rumor, say employees actually helped
A kitten found near PNC Park was not sprayed with pesticides by ballpark employees, despite rumors circulating on social media, a Pittsburgh Pirates spokesperson said Friday night. In fact, Pirates employees came to its aid, according to club spokesperson Brian Warecki. Warecki said in a statement that the cat was...
MLB Pipeline ranks Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes baseball’s No. 3 prospect in updated top 100
Led by 2023 No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates have six players ranked among MLB Pipeline’s updated top 100 prospects. Skenes, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-handed pitcher from LSU who made his professional debut Thursday in the Florida Complex League, is ranked the No. 3 overall prospect. The...
Pirates reliever Thomas Hatch impressive in debut with 4 scoreless innings against Braves
With a depleted bullpen, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton turned to new reliever Thomas Hatch in the fifth inning Thursday with a plan that was more of a request: Give us whatever you have. The 28-year-old right-hander responded by tossing four scoreless innings against an Atlanta Braves lineup featuring seven...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 10, 2023: Roansy Contreras throws 3 scoreless for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-59) dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Nashville (Brewers). In the first game, an 8-0 Nashville win, RHP Roansy Contreras (0.00) started and pitched three scoreless innings, allowing one hit, walking two and striking out two. RHP John O’Reilly (4.09) and LHP Rob Zastryzny (5.27) each pitched...
Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz, who looks like an Oneil Cruz clone, a gate attraction for Pirates
The first time Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Endy Rodriguez saw Elly De La Cruz was two years ago, when the Cincinnati Reds rookie was playing for Low-A Daytona and wasn’t even ranked among their top 30 prospects. Rodriguez remembers De La Cruz going 4 for 5 with three triples, long before...
Behind Bryan Reynolds ‘Matrix’ slide, Pirates get call at plate to beat Braves for series split
Bryan Reynolds lost the fly ball in the sky and got a bad jump from third base, so he “turned on the burners” before making what the Pittsburgh Pirates are calling “The Matrix” slide. A day after losing to the Atlanta Braves on a contested play at the plate, the...
Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz takes important step in recovery by starting running program
The Pittsburgh Pirates had one shortstop undergo surgery while another who is recovering from surgery started a running program that should serve as an important step toward his return. Where Tucupita Marcano underwent ACL reconstructive surgery Wednesday that will keep him out until next year, director of sports medicine Todd...
Pirates’ No. 1 draft pick Paul Skenes makes minor league debut
Paul Skenes made his professional baseball debut Thursday afternoon, and it was a quick one. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 1 overall pick out of LSU, Skenes started for the FCL Pirates in their game against the FCL Twins at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. He tossed a 1-2-3 inning with...
Colin Selby shows his stuff as small-school success story in major league debut for Pirates
Colin Selby’s first major league pitch was a curveball “that didn’t do anything,” coming in so high and tight on Ronald Acuna Jr. that the Atlanta Braves star dropped to the dirt to avoid being hit. Asked if it was his way of announcing his presence with authority, the rookie...
U mad, bro?: Variety of spicy hot takes from Pirates, Penguins, Steelers fans
They say variety is the spice of life. If so, then this week’s “U mad, bro?” is spicy like ghost pepper chicken wings. Bubbling Pirates fans. Defensive Steelers fans. Fed-up college sports fans. And I even found a way to make Penguins fans angry after the team got Erik Karlsson....
Pirates farm report for Aug. 9, 2023: Jack Brannigan homers twice in Greensboro win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-57) and Nashville (Brewers) were rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Thursday. Next: Thursday vs. Nashville (Brewers), doubleheader, 6:05 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 49-52) split a doubleheader with Erie (Tigers). In the first game, a 4-2 Curve win, RHP Sean Sullivan (4-4,...
Braves beat Pirates on controversial call at plate in 8th inning
A controversial call at the plate is nothing new in a game involving the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves, so there were bound to boos when the Braves scored the winning run on a contested call. Michael Harris tagged from third on Austin Riley’s sacrifice fly to Pirates second...
Tim Benz: Orioles’ suspension of team broadcaster highlights a bigger sports media issue
I’m happy to see that suspended Baltimore Orioles broadcaster Kevin Brown is being reinstated Aug. 11. But he never should’ve been suspended at all. According to The Athletic, the Orioles shelved Brown after a MASN game broadcast at Tropicana Field in Tampa-St. Petersburg on July 23. As AwfulAnnouncing.com pointed out...
Pirates OF Josh Palacios delivers ‘unbelievable’ highlights with circus catch, homer
Josh Palacios went upside down and all around, providing a pair of highlight plays by making a circus catch and rounding the bases for a home run that should have propelled the Pittsburgh Pirates to victory. Instead, Palacios only could stand at his locker and shake his head after an...
