As of Tuesday night, the Pirates were still very much alive in terms of earning their fourth-straight invitation to the postseason. However, things have not gone nearly to plan for a franchise that has turned 20 years of losing into expectations of a world title in the span of three years.At ...
The Pirates had two scouts watching the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend and it is safe to assume they were not there to enjoy the ambience of an empty domed stadium in the middle of a typically scorching summer in St. Petersburg, Fla.Instead, they were surely there to see right-handers Chris ...
PITTSBURGH -- Some quick takes on the Pirates:n General manager Neal Huntington is usually ultra-guarded in his public comments, but he had no problem expressing his buyers remorse on Jon Niese.Huntington basically said if he had the Neil Walker trade to do over, he'd take a couple of marginal ...
Anthony Rizzo has worn out the Pirates this season.The Cubs first baseman has gone 25-for-47 against them for a .532 batting average. He also has 11 doubles, one triple and five home runs in 52 plate appearances, along with 15 runs scored, 14 RBI, five walks and three strikeouts in 56 plate ...
The Pirates are looking at a 7陆-game deficit in the National League Central as the second half of the season gets set to begin.That is quite substantial.Yet considering the hole the Pirates found themselves in less than a month ago, the deficit no longer seems daunting. The Pirates dropped 15 ...
SAN DIEGO 鈥� Starling Marte had sufficiently impressed the Pirates鈥� scouts on that January day in the Dominican Republic in 2007.When the workout was over in his hometown of Santo Domingo, the Pirates offered him a professional contract. Marte, who like so many grew impoverished like so many ...
