WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Even Athletics veterans walk around the clubhouse wearing “Nick Kurtz goes yard” T-shirts, and they know what he means for the franchise’s future. Kurtz, who recently ha...

Pittsburgh pitchers held onto the lead in the series finale at Colorado. For the third consecutive game, the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in the first inning and then built a big lead against the...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck’s attempt to come back this season is over. Manager Alex Cora said Saturday that Houck will undergo Tommy John surgery. An All-Star last season, ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was a red flag for Major League Baseball at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night. The Speedway Classic between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds was suspended in the ...

The game will be the first MLB game in the state’s history. BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Bristol Motor Speedway is ready to make history by hosting the first Major League Baseball game in Tennessee. The stag...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates arrived at spring training six months ago stressing that it was time to win. They talked about urgency. They talked about internal improvements. They talked ab...

By dealing third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, left-handed reliever Caleb Ferguson, closer David Bednar and lefty starter Bailey Falter at the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates created four openings in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a strange and precarious position at the trade deadline: They were both buyers and sellers, interested in supplementing the club to w...

Mitch Keller, Tommy Pham, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Andrew Heaney remain Pirates. The Renegade is heading to the Bronx. The Pittsburgh Pirates dealt two-time All-Star closer David Bednar to the New York ...

The Chicago Cubs bolstered their pitching staff ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline by adding righthanders Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals and Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles. ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of an extra-inning mishap, then placed Isaac Mattson in a predicament. The right-handed reliever rose to the occasion to clinch the team’s first road sweep in mor...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ke’Bryan Hayes to a lengthy contract extension in the spring of 2022, both sides believed Hayes would be a vital part of a franchise-wide turnaroun...

The Pirates scored twice in the top of the 8th to clinch series win in San Francisco. The Pittsburgh Pirates rode a bit of momentum into the second of three games at Oracle Park on Tuesday, having won...

Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to put the Bucs in front. Less than three full days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mitch Keller to the hill...

CHICAGO (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper had a spirited exchange during a question- and-answer session between the commissioner and the team, accord...

Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been dealt at the trade deadline before, so the difficult thing about hearing rumors isn’t that he could be on the move again but rather the disappointment of his tenure in Pitt...

CHICAGO (AP) — Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball’s best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65. Sandberg was surrounded by hi...

Dave Parker died last month, so his son delivered his acceptance speech. Sunday’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony offered ample opportunity to celebrate the career of Pittsburgh Pira...

Paul Skenes had recorded his ninth strikeout on his 98th pitch, getting Eugenio Suarez swinging at a sweeper for the second out in the sixth inning, when Don Kelly walked onto the field for a mound vi...

Ben Cherington is approaching Thursday’s MLB trade deadline with the intent to build a team that is going to be better in 2026, so the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager is preparing to strike on deal...