Is Paul Skenes the best prospect in all of baseball? The worldwide leader in sports thinks so. ESPN updated their rankings for the top 50 MLB prospects, promoting the Pirates’ flamethrower to the No.
Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about Oneil Cruz's smashing night at the dish, Kyle Tucker and Shohei Ohtani leading the league and are joined by Royals broadcaster Jake Eisenberg to talk about Kansas City’s success in 2024.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (23-26) are set to take on the San Francisco Giants (23-26) Wednesday at 6:40 PM ET, airing on SportsNet PT. The Pirates are listed as -120 favorites by bookmakers, while the underdog Giants have +101 odds for the contest.
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates had already promoted a player from within once in the last two weeks to shake up their moribund offense. That has worked out well.
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz has not exactly lived up to expectations thus far, but on Tuesday night, he demonstrated why he was once a top prospect and gave Pirates fans hope of what he could potentially become in the future.
Two outings into his big league career, the Pirates' young ace is the talk of baseball.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates managed just one win on Tuesday, with Triple-A Indianapolis the lone bright spot. The Indians were the only affiliate to pick up a win, crushing the Iowa Cubs 18-6 behind a pair of home runs from Matt Gorski.
A look at Tuesday’s minor-league action within the Pirates' system ... INDIANAPOLIS (21-22) pounded Iowa, 18-6. Henry Davis went 2-for-5 with an RBI double and a two-run home run.
When the Pirates broke from spring training in Bradenton, Fla., Derek Shelton informed Nick Gonzales that his season would begin in Class AAA Indianapolis.
Oneil Cruz’s night at PNC Park quickly got off to a bad start. The San Francisco Giants were in town for the start of a three-game series on Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Nick Gonzales hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning after Pittsburgh tied the game with four runs in the ninth, lifting the Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.
After the Pittsburgh Pirates erased a four-run deficit in the ninth inning, Nick Gonzales delivered a 7-6 walk-off win against the San Francisco Giants in the 10th inning.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the 2024 class of inductees into the Pirates Hall of Fame. The Pirates created their Hall of Fame in 2022 and jump-started it with 19 inductees.
The Pirates will enshrine three new members into their Hall of Fame class in 2024. The team announced before Tuesday's game that Barry Bonds, Jim Leyland and Manny Sanguillén will be honored this season.
Ji Hwan Bae played 111 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates last season with the majority of those starts coming at second base or in center field. Bae played in 64 games at second base last season, 62 in center and three games at shortstop.
Coming into the 2024 MLB season, one of the strengths of the Pittsburgh Pirates was expected to be their offense. They had a deep, talented lineup and were hitting the cover off the ball during Spring Training.
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington was hired after the 2019 season and went right to work making trades. He had the unenviable task of turning around a team that had just finished 69-93 and had a depleted farm system.
The contrasts were clear on Friday afternoon when the Pirates took on the Cubs.
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie starter Paul Skenes has been as-advertised in his first two MLB starts.
A veteran left-hander exercised an out clause in his minor league deal with thee Pirates and has been granted his release.
It’s an unfortunate early birthday present for the pitcher, who will turn 28-years-old on Saturday.
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