Pirates/MLB category, Page 129

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed infielder/outfielder Michael Chavis on the 10-day injured list with a right elbow strain and recalled infielder/outfielder Hoy Park from Triple-A Indianapolis. Chavis was injured Saturday trying to make a diving catch while playing right field against the St. Louis Cardinals. Park makes his second stint with...

When Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh posted the lineup on Sept. 1, 1971, Gene Clines saw that he was starting in center field. Clines had no idea the Pirates were about to make MLB history, except for the chattering of a clubhouse attendant that stuck in his mind. “He kept...

After ranking at or near baseball’s bottom in most major offensive categories the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Pirates fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein on Monday. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said, after consulting with general manager Ben Cherington over the weekend, they came to the conclusion it was best to...

A couple of big signings for NFL safeties may impact the Steelers when it comes to Minkah Fitzpatrick’s thinking on his next contract. Yoshi Tsutsugo’s walk-off homer at PNC Park created some widely varying reactions on Sunday. Joe Burrow’s return in Cincinnati was less than memorable. A couple of ex-Pirates...

Ben Cherington has been a baseball executive long enough to know the importance of the game’s numbers, whether they are as simple as the won/loss record or as complex some of the new analytics. But at this stage of the season, you can bet Cherington hasn’t done the math on...

The Pittsburgh Pirates could have sent Gregory Polanco to the minors or banished him to a lesser role on the major-league bench, but general manager Ben Cherington explained Sunday that releasing the team’s longest-tenured player was the best option. “We feel like we got to the point where, if we...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 48-53) edged Louisville (Reds), 7-6. 3B Philip Evans (.280) was 3 for 5 with two RBIs. SS Hoy Park (.306) knocked in three runs. CF Jared Oliva (.250) was 2 for 4 with a double. RHP James Mavel (5.60) allowed five runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-53) outslugged Louisville (Reds), 13-10. LF Jared Oliva (.242) went 3 for 3 with a walk and five RBIs. SS Ethan Paul (.220) was 1 for 4 with a double and drove in four runs. 1B Phillip Evans (.257) went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles...

Where the Pittsburgh Pirates finally cut ties with Gregory Polanco in favor of a youth movement, the St. Louis Cardinals are pinning their playoff hopes on a pitcher who is two days shy of his 40th birthday. Adam Wainwright isn’t just ageless, he keeps the Pirates scoreless. For the third...

As one of baseball’s top prospects, Gregory Polanco was trumpeted by Sports Illustrated as baseball’s Next Big Thing. Polanco never lived up to that billing with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who severed ties with their longest-tenured player and the last holdover from their postseason teams Saturday by releasing the right fielder....

That the Pittsburgh Pirates are 31 games out of first place in the NL Central and 231⁄2 games back from wild card contention hasn’t stopped them from paying attention to the playoff race. Even though the Pirates (47-83) have no realistic shot at making the postseason, they know that they...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 46-53) walked it off in 10 innings against Louisville (Reds), winning 3-2. RHP Beau Sulser (4.53) started and went 4⅓ innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He also struck out three. The bullpen pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, with LHP Joe Jacques (4.53) getting two outs and RHP...

The four reviews should have served as a cue for the Pittsburgh Pirates that this would be a game of close calls. One they would eventually lose. Tommy Edman hit a two-run home run and a sacrifice fly for three RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3...

Gregory Polanco got waived by the Pirates one day, then started for them the next. That is so Polanco and so Pirates. The Pirates should alternate Polanco and some other bum like Anthony Alford in right field. (Alford got waived by the Pirates in April but stayed with the organization.)...

Colin Moran couldn’t hide his frustration when he was hit by a pitch in the left wrist by Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland, a fracture that would sideline the Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman for five weeks. Moran already had missed 24 games with a left groin strain earlier this season,...

Of course, it went that way for Gregory Polanco and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night. Of course, it did. The beautiful irony of sports can even shine on the lowly Buccos from time to time. After struggling outfielder Gregory Polanco had been put on waivers and brought back —...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-53) was handled by Louisville (Reds), 5-1. RHP Max Kranick (2-4, 5.10) gave up four runs, three earned, on four hits and three walks in 4.1 innings. LHP Sam Howard (0.00), recovering from an oblique injury, pitched a scoreless inning. So did veteran RHP Shelby Miller (3.09). 3B...

Gregory Polanco complained about the catcalls from Pittsburgh Pirates fans before Thursday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, then turned the jeers to cheers at PNC Park. Polanco went 3 for 4 with two doubles, including a two-run line drive to left in an eight-run seventh inning to score...

Gregory Polanco sounded off on Pittsburgh Pirates fans who have heckled him at PNC Park this week, showing their sharp criticism has clearly stung the pride of the right fielder who is the team’s longest-tenured player. A day after Polanco made a costly error in a 5-2 loss to the...

Little should surprise me at this point when it comes to how angsty online dialogue about the Steelers can be. But some of what I’ve seen about the backup quarterback “debate” between Dwayne Haskins and Mason Rudolph is blowing my mind. The funny thing is, both guys have actually been...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-52) lost to Louisville (Reds), 6-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (1-2, 3.51) gave up two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in his second appearance with Indianapolis coming off a forearm injury. RHP Tanner Anderson (3.86) was tagged for four runs on four hits in...

The Pittsburgh Pirates television broadcast crew brought their brooms, but the only sweeping being done Wednesday night at PNC Park was another disheartening loss under the proverbial rug. Bryse Wilson came off the injured list to pitch five scoreless innings, only for Gregory Polanco to make a costly error and...

Henry Davis, picked No. 1 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, is on the injured list with a right oblique strain that could bring a premature end to his first professional season. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk confirmed Wednesday that Davis was placed on...

The Pittsburgh Pirates activated right-handed pitcher Bryse Wilson from the 10-day injured list in time to start Wednesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Wilson (0-2, 4.80 ERA), acquired at the trade deadline from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for closer Richard Rodriguez, went on the IL on Aug. 15 with...