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One thing consistently bothered Paul Skenes during his fantastic 2024 rookie season. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander consistently talked about his... PITTSBURGH — The way the Los Angeles Dodgers have operated this offseason has been hard to ignore, especially for an organization like the ...
Pirates All 40: Liover Peguero Left Out of the Log Jam?
Dec 9, 2024 · This is one in a series of stories breaking down members of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 40-man roster. A key player in the Pirates’ exciting and charismatic 2023 youth movement that helped them snap a streak of two 100 loss seasons, shortstop Liover Peguero took just ten at-bats for Pittsburgh this past season. Even if Oneil Cruz […]
Demilio: Better Ways for Pirates to Get Bats Than Trading Keller, …
Dec 17, 2024 · The Pittsburgh Pirates already subtracted from their starting pitching depth to add to their lineup for the 2025 season and beyond. At the Winter Meetings last week, the Pirates traded right-hander Luis Ortiz as part of a three-player package to acquire first baseman Spencer Horwitz from the Cleveland Guardians. Horwitz, despite having a limited showing […]
Ben Cherington Says Pirates Not Done Adding to Roster
6 days ago · PITTSBURGH — It’s been a pretty quite offseason for the Pittsburgh Pirates so far, but that looks like it could change at some point between now and spring training. The organization hosted their annual PiratesFest at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, a two-day event that began on Saturday morning. During the ‘Ask […]
Perrotto: Three Free-Agent Relievers Pirates Should Consider
Jan 13, 2025 · The Pittsburgh Pirates showed their commitment to David Bednar last week. The two sides agreed to a $5.9-million contract for 2025 that avoided a potential salary arbitration hearing. While Pirates general manager Ben Cherington and manager Derek Shelton have stopped short of anointing Bednar as the closer when the upcoming season begins, money always talks […]
Pirates All 40: Mike Burrows Makes Long-Awaited Debut
Dec 20, 2024 · The Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Mike Burrows in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Entry Draft. Six years, five seasons — his 2020 campaign got wiped out due to the COVID-19 induced cancellation of the MiLB season — and one reconstructed elbow ligament later, Burrows made his long-awaited big league debut at the tail end of the 2024 season, toeing the mound for 3.1 innings in relief ...
Pirates All 40: Paul Skenes Looks to Build on Historic Rookie Season
Jan 17, 2025 · Skenes won the National League Rookie of the Year last season when his starts became events at PNC Park. He also finished third in the NL Cy Young Award voting and was named MLB Rookie of the Year by Baseball America. MLB Network ranked Skenes as the fourth-best starting pitcher in the game earlier in the week behind Philadelphia Zach Wheeler and left-handers Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers ...
How Pirates’ Offseason Compares to Rest of National League Central
Dec 28, 2024 · The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t alone in shying away from signing free agents so far this winter. The other four teams in the National League Central all have yet to make noise on the free agent market. It’s been a relatively quiet winter in the division so far. The Chicago Cubs are my winners of the […]
Perrotto: Spencer Horwitz Hopes to Stop Pirates’ Revolving Door
2 days ago · Spencer Horwitz has been the Pittsburgh Pirates’ biggest acquisition of the offseason. That doesn’t excite fans of a team with 28 losing seasons in the last 32 years. During a contentious question-and-answer session at Pirates Fest, those fans made their feelings known over the weekend. At least, they didn’t take it out on Horwitz, who […]