Dave Roberts defends Misiorowski’s All-Star selection as ‘easy answer’
MLB, Sports
July 15, 2025
The Brewers’ rookie pitcher has only appeared in five games. ATLANTA (AP) — National League All-Star manager Dave Roberts said including Milwaukee rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski on his team was...
Bucs take top prep pitcher with No. 6 pick in MLB Draft
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 14, 2025
Seth Hernandez is considered to have “frontof- the-rotation upside.” The Pittsburgh Pirates have two of baseball’s top young starting pitchers in Paul Skenes and Jared Jones, but that didn’t stop them...
Pirates score winning run in 9th to snap 8-game skid
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 14, 2025
Spencer Horwitz drove in the game-winner with a bases-loaded groundout. Though their effort certainly was obscured by their overall performance on the year, the Pittsburgh Pirates managed to post a wi...
Cincinnati’s Terry Francona picks up 2,000th win
MLB, Sports
July 14, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona has added another milestone to his impressive career. Francona became the 13th manager in major league history to reach 2,000 wins when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Co...
MLB-leading Detroit enters All-Star break on 4-game skid
MLB, Sports
July 14, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers were showered with a smattering of boos as they walked off the field for the last time before the All-Star Game. Seattle defeated Detroit 8-4 on Sunday, sealing a thr...
Skenes sharp again, but Bucs drop 7th straight
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 12, 2025
His record fell to 4-8 despite throwing five strong innings. The past three starts by Paul Skenes have been five innings or fewer, with two of those three featuring only 78 pitches thrown. Skenes’ abb...
Pirates call up Ramirez, send Triolo to Triple-A, DFA Gorski
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 12, 2025
The right-handed reliever appeared in 21 games with the team in 2022 and 2023. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the contract of righthander Yohan Ramirez from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Friday’s se...
Mattson’s tough outings belie a much stronger season
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 11, 2025
Isaac Mattson was the man on the mound when Kansas City won in walk-off fashion Tuesday night, with Nick Loftin delivering the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning. But it wasn’t ...
Royals sweep Pirates thanks to pair of Perez homers
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 10, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured homer by a Royals rookie, and Kansas City beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Wednesday night to complete a...
Pitching decisions backfired for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 10, 2025
Sticking with Mitch Keller in a tie game after the Royals put a man on first base in the seventh inning Tuesday in Kansas City made enough sense, and it’s the decision that Pittsburgh Pirates manager ...
Debate over Cruz’s HR Derby invite unnecessary
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 10, 2025
Oneil Cruz has been named to the roster for the Major League Baseball All-Star Home Run Derby Monday night. That seems to have stirred a debate on sports talk radio and in social media circles as to w...
Pirates lose 5th straight, waste another great Keller start
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 9, 2025
Mitch Keller took the mound in Kansas City on Tuesday having recently earned wins in two straight starts for the first time since backto- back victories June 1 and 7, 2024. The Pittsburgh Pirates fail...
Bucs’ Cruz to take record-breaking power to HR Derby
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 9, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz, known more for delivering hard-hit homers than producing them in quantity, was added Tuesday to next week’s Home Run Derby in Atla...
‘The Mis’ allows Ohtani homer, then mows down 12 Brewers
MLB, Sports
July 9, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski bounced back after allowing a leadoff homer to Shohei Ohtani by striking out 12 in six innings as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1...
Buxton an All-Star again by being available for Twins
MLB, Sports
July 9, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For all the evidence that Byron Buxton has had an All-Star season, the supporting statistics start and end with this simple number: 73. That’s the total of games in which the Minnes...
Scoreless streak over, losing streak goes on for Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 8, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates averaged more than seven runs during their recent streak of six consecutive victories, only to be swept in Seattle via three shutouts in a row. That marked an inauspicious begin...
Dodgers’ Kershaw named to his 11th all-star team
MLB, Sports
July 8, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was picked for his 11th All-Star Game and Paul Skenes, James Wood and Elly De La Cruz boosted the 23-and-under group to five when they were picked Sunda...
Skipper Martinez, GM Rizzo fired by last-place Nationals
MLB, Sports
July 8, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo were fired by the Washington Nationals on Sunday in moves that were surprising for their timing, even if the club is more than ha...
Pirates should hold on to productive players
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 7, 2025
The last couple weeks have really had me scratching my head when it comes to what Pirates fans are thinking these days. To me, the biggest issues with this franchise continue to and always will be the...