Take 5: Health of Hayes tops spring training storylines
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 12, 2025
Ke’Bryan Hayes knows his best ability for the Pittsburgh Pirates is his availability, and lingering injuries have been the biggest liability of his major-league career When healthy, Hayes is an elite ...
MLB, News, Sports
February 12, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto let loose a few fastballs and some nasty breaking balls during a bullpen session while manager Dave Roberts and pitching coach Mark Prior stood a few steps to...
Kiner-Falefa set to take over at shortstop for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 6, 2025
With the Pirates committed to Oneil Cruz in CF, the spot is opened for the former Gold Glove winner. When the Pittsburgh Pirates moved Oneil Cruz to center field late last August, it solved a problem ...
Pirates bring back Adam Frazier on 1-year deal
MLB, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
January 29, 2025
The deal is worth $1.525 million for Pittsburgh’s former 6th-round pick in 2013. A familiar face is returning to the Pittsburgh Pirates on a one-year major-league deal: Adam Frazier. Frazier, 33, agre...
Oviedo, Pirates go to first arbitration hearing of the year
MLB, Sports
January 29, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jovan Oviedo and the Pittsburgh Pirates argued the first salary arbitration case of the year on Tuesday. A right-hander who turns 27 on March 2, Oviedo asked for a raise fr...
SKENES MAKES COVER
MLB, Sports
January 29, 2025
Reynolds brings consistent approach to 2025 season
MLB, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
January 23, 2025
Arguably more so than any other player on their roster, the Pittsburgh Pirates have a good idea of what they’re going to get each year from Bryan Reynolds. Reynolds, whom the Pirates locked up long-te...
Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
MLB, Sports
January 22, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the p...
Ichiro set to become Japan’s first Hall of Famer
MLB, Sports
January 22, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the writ...
Skenes not ready to think about the long term
MLB, Sports
January 21, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes has a lot on his mind. The chances of the perpetually curious National League Rookie of the Year staying with the Pittsburgh Pirates indefinitely is not one of them. Not ...
Pirates’ Chandler blocking out talk of promotion
MLB, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
January 21, 2025
Paul Skenes could not bring himself to offer an endorsement of Bubba Chandler as a reliable bullpen catcher. This offseason, the two have trained together in a group that includes fellow Pittsburgh Pi...
Gap between fans, owners has never been so vast
MLB, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
January 21, 2025
I didn’t attend PiratesFest this weekend. I recently finished covering the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous demise and the Penguins’ washout of a homestand. My Pittsburgh sports masochism knows at leas...
‘Where is Bob?’
MLB, Sports
Pirates fans voice frustrations about franchise direction under Bob Nutting
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 20, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates play a game of chance by offering fans the opportunity to Ask Pirates Management questions at PiratesFest, so team president Travis Williams knew that he would be facing a first...
Paul Skenes aims to be catalyst in creating a championship culture
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 20, 2025
He looks like a long-term rotation anchor after finishing third in last season’s Cy Young voting. Before the arrival of Paul Skenes, the expectation around the Pittsburgh Pirates was that the players ...
Uecker’s broadcasting ability came together in ‘Major League’
MLB, Sports
By By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer 
January 18, 2025
Two of Bob Uecker’s claims to fame — baseball and acting — came together brilliantly in one famous line: “Juuuust a bit outside!” Milwaukee fans could listen to Uecker broadcast Brewers games for over...
‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker dies at 90
MLB, Sports
January 17, 2025
He was a longtime announcer for the Brewers and built a TV and movie career around his self-deprecating humor. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line ...
Pirates sign pair of top international shortstops
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
Johan De Los Santos, 16, and Darrell Morel, 17, are both ranked in the top 20 international prospects. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed a pair of shortstops from the Dominican Republic who are both ranke...
Pirates avoid arbitration with four players
MLB, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
January 11, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided arbitration with starting pitcher Bailey Falter, relievers David Bednar and Colin Holderman and catcher Joey Bart on Thursday by agreeing each to oneyear contracts. The ...
MLB, Sports
January 7, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association withdrew its lawsuit against the parent company of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. th...
McCutchen re-signs with Pirates for another year
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 24, 2024
He feels like he can still contribute in his 17th major league season. Andrew McCutchen made no secret of his hope to return to the Pittsburgh Pirates, so the franchise icon only had to put a finger o...