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...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker doesn’t plan to change his approach at the plate for the Home Run Derby. “I mean, look, just about every swing I’ve ever taken in my life I’ve been trying t...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — One game into his major league career, Cam Schlittler is the hardest-throwing member of the New York Yankees’ rotation. Schlittler used his 100 mph fastball to shut down Cal Raleigh an...

Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero announced Wednesday he will take part in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Atlanta, then learned hours later he will start at third base for the AL squad in the Al...

NEW YORK (AP) — DJ LeMahieu was cut Wednesday by the New York Yankees with almost $22 million remaining on his contract, one day after the two-time batting champion got demoted to the bench. “It’s bee...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Randy Arozarena’s homer provided the game’s only run. The Pittsburgh Pirates went scoreless in Seattle. In a sobering series for a red-hot team coming off three consecutive shutouts of the St. Louis C...

He’s hoping to start for the National League again in the July 15 contest. Paul Skenes wasn’t “super surprised” to be selected to the All-Star Game for the second consecutive season, even if he became...

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...

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...