It’s not just the defense & bullpen letting them down anymore. It’s one thing when the Pirates lose because of bad defense and a leaky bullpen. That’s like the Steelers losing a playoff game because t...

Jake Mangum: “He’s a much better defender than he gets credit for.” Bubba Chandler watched Heriberto Hernandez hit his full-count curveball hard but high — at a 105.4 mph exit velocity but 41-degree l...

Four issues could blow up a once-promising season. How low can they go? I wrote a month ago that the Pirates would not sink under .500 again. I also jumped the gun writing that GM Ben Cherington had r...

The new vernacular in sports talk these days is the term “hot takes.” Hot takes are comments and/or predictions that often defy logic or are on the boundary of lack of believability. So many talking h...

Pittsburgh was 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position. Paul Skenes had not been without blame as to why he had gone winless for five straight starts entering his latest outing Sunday at PNC Park. Bu...

The rookie shortstop is expected to have a rehab assignment before returning to the Pirates. When the Pittsburgh Pirates leave for their road trip against the Athletics in Sacramento and the Colorado ...

Whether it’s shortened starts by the rotation or allowing big innings by the bullpen is a chicken-or-egg question, but the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to have a problem with their pitching. An ineffic...

The injury provides opportunity for Jake Mangum, Billy Cook, Tyler Callihan & Esmerlyn Valdez. When word spread that Oneil Cruz would be out for an extended period with a left hand injury, Pittsburgh ...

Keller is 5-4 on the season with an ERA of 5.14, but his ERA was 2.87 on May 7. Pitcher Mitch Keller and manager Don Kelly appear to align with Pittsburgh Pirates fans on the big points. Keller looks ...

Elliott: “I’m just happy to be back here with my guys, honestly.” Fifty-one weeks ago while going on social media in the wake of signing a two-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers, DeS...

Chaz Palla / TribLive Spencer Horwitz summed up the feeling inside the Pittsburgh Pirates’ clubhouse following their dramatic, improbable comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday at PNC ...

McCarthy: ‘We’re in a really good spot as far as what we’ve been able to accomplish with the football team.’ The calendar still read March the first time Mike McCarthy publicly referenced the date of ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2026 Hall of Fame class includes a 1979 World Series champion and most recent pitcher to throw an individual no-hitter, one of the most recognizable faces from the futile 2000s...

Rookie Tyler Callihan hit his first two career HRs, the second a 3-run shot to give the Pirates the lead. Shohei Ohtani was making his first appearance on the mound at PNC Park amid another historic s...

Former Pittsburgh Pirates play-by-play man Tim Neverett left Pittsburgh for his native New England after the 2015 season. Since then, he’s been a part of four World Series broadcast teams: one in Bost...

Over the first six weeks since he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Drew Allar had been through about a dozen practice-like sessions in rookie minicamp, organized team activities and mandatory m...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates get a quality start from Paul Skenes, they generally like their chances at pulling out a victory on any given night. Granted, Skenes hasn’t performed at his best of late an...

He signed autographs, played catch and talked baseball for about 2 hours. By TIM BENZ and BRIAN RITTMEYER TribLive Paul Skenes brought smiles to the faces of Little League baseball players Monday nigh...

Griffin: “Just trying to take a little break and really make sure I don’t hurt myself worse and just take our time with it.” The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t press pause on Konnor Griffin’s return from a...

For the fourth consecutive year, Darnell Washington and Nick Herbig have been going at it during Pittsburgh Steelers practices. “We line up across from each other almost every day in camp whenever we ...