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The Pittsburgh Pirates are back in town and will be opening a week-long homestand tonight with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Colorado Rockies coming to PNC Park. For some time now, it's been clear that the Pirates won't be making the playoffs this season, but there are still nights when 30,000 fans show up at PNC Park.
The Pittsburgh Pirates best prospect, Konnor Griffin, has had an impressive rise through 2025 in just his first professional season. Griffin earned
THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Shawon Dunston homered twice off John Smoltz and Mike Harkey threw a three-hit shutout as the Cubs defeated the Braves 7-0. It happened 35 years ago today, Friday, Aug. 17, 1990.
Andrew McCutchen made it clear that he's tired of the Pittsburgh Pirates' losing. Could that mean the end is nigh for his tenure with the organization?
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Pirates ace Paul Skenes is having a Cy Young-worthy season everywhere but the win-loss column
Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is putting together a Cy Young-worthy season everywhere but in the win-loss column
Liover Peguero and Spencer Horwitz handed leadoff duties for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday and Sunday, mashing their way into the record books.
To the extent that Hayes was a disappointment in Pittsburgh, it was only against the expectations that were set for him as a one-time top prospect. Well, that and the fact that the Pirates have failed to build a competent offense for years, forcing Hayes into the middle of the team's lineup when it was clear that wasn't who he was as a player.
Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in the rubber game of the weekend series.
Shortstop/outfielder Konnor Griffin, who the Pirates selected within the top 10 of the 2024 draft, will end his season at the Double-A level.
The benches briefly cleared during Pittsburgh's 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. Pham's demonstrable reaction to drawing a walk in the seventh inning elicited a response from Toronto catcher Tyler Heineman, and things escalated from there.