Cherington hopes 21-man draft class contains experience, potential
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 18, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected 21 players over the past three days of the MLB Draft in hopes of building a stronger farm system with prospects who someday might impact the playing field and clubhouse...
MLB will consider return to team uniforms at All-Star Game
MLB, Sports
July 17, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball will consider going back to having players wear their team uniforms for the All-Star Game. Club uniforms were used by the American League from 1933-2019 a...
Dodgers’ Hernandez wins HR Derby
MLB, Sports
July 17, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Teoscar Hernández needed a moment to calm down during the Home Run Derby, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger got a boost from a former teammate who just happened to be last y...
Duran’s homer leads AL to win
MLB, Sports
July 17, 2024
Jarren Duran’s two-run shot broke a 3-3 tie and gave the American League the lead. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Boston’s Jarren Duran, the All-Star MVP, hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth inning ...
It’s been almost 50 years since a Pirate has started ASG
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL
By By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer 
July 16, 2024
Paul Skenes is set to start the All-Star game, the first time since 1995 that a rookie pitcher has that honor. It’s been even longer since a Pittsburgh player has been in that spotlight. The last pitc...
Skenes in All-Star Game spotlight
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 16, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Skenes looked like a summer intern reporting for duty in a light gray suit, white shirt and cream-colored tie, teenage acne on his face and wonder in his voice. In a ballp...
MLB, Sports
July 16, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball can’t run away from its lack of runs. Batting averages are near half-century lows. Velocity is at an all-time high. “Run scoring, it’s not easy to do. It’s hard and it...
Bucs draft slick fielding Sanford in 2nd round
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Wyatt Sanford of Independence, Texas, was the 47th overall pick in this year’s draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates chose another prep shortstop in Wyatt Sanford of Independence, Texas, with the No. 47 overa...
Bucs complete sweep of White Sox
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 15, 2024
The Pirates are at .500 heading into the All-Star break for the first time in eight years. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ most reliable starting pitcher (who’s not going to the All-Star Game) lasted only thr...
WVU infielder Wetherholt chosen 7th by Cardinals
MLB, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 15, 2024
Looking the part of a Texan for the biggest weekend of his life, Mars and West Virginia product JJ (Jonathan David) Wetherholt was wearing a cowboy hat and snakeskin boots Sunday night when he was sel...
Marco Gonzales returns, gets the win as Bucs grind one out
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
Defense turns three double plays as Pirates get within two games of .500 with 4-1 win over the White Sox. It was anyone’s guess as to how Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Marco Gonzales’ first start in abou...
Pirates stress importance of hitting on draft picks
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
With Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander Paul Skenes becoming the first player in major league history to go from No. 1 overall pick to the All-Star Game in the span of a year, it’s no wonder the f...
Lovullo talks about Skenes possibly starting All-Star Game
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
When it comes to all the buzz surrounding the prospect of Pittsburgh Pirates rookie sensation Paul Skenes starting the All-Star game, National League manager Torey Lovullo isn’t playing dumb. He’s hea...
Semien replaces Altuve as starter
MLB, Sports
July 13, 2024
EW YORK (AP) — Marcus Semien of the host Texas Rangers will replace Houston’s Jose Altuve as the American League’s starting second baseman for the All-Star Game on Tuesday night. Major League Baseball...
Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits
MLB, Sports
July 13, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a “brontosaurus.” Long before he became a threetime Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn’t co...
Skenes chosen as starter for National League
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 13, 2024
After just 11 starts in the majors, Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes will toe the rubber Tuesday night in Texas. PHOENIX (AP) — Making Paul Skenes the All-Star Game starting pitcher for the National League af...
Pirates need to do ‘just enough’ at the trade deadline
MLB, Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
July 11, 2024
Last week in an opinion piece, I said it was time for the powers that be on the North Shore to pretty much put up or shut up when it comes to the Pirates being competitive. It may have been a bit hars...
Skenes throws 7 no-hit innings in 1-0 win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 11, 2024
The rookie pitcher (60) was removed after throwing 99 pitches in Thursday’s win. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out 11 in seven no-hit innings in another dominant performance, and the Pittsburgh ...
How the ‘splinker’ became a devastating pitch
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 11, 2024
Only after he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates last July did Paul Skenes start toying with a new pitch, one that has been called everything from dirty and disgusting to filthy and nasty to just p...