BRADENTON, Fla. – Mitch Keller can’t wait to board a plane and fly to New York City for Opening Day against the Mets. He’s hardly alone, either. “Everybody’s kind of there, ready for some competition,” Keller said. In a way, the Pirates aren’t in a markedly different spot than back

BRADENTON, Fla. -- For a Pirates organization that boasts the top overall prospect -- not to mention four others ranked within MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 -- this year’s Spring Breakout figures to be a must-see showcase. Here’s everything you need to know about it: What is Spring Breakout? In 2026,

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The vuvuzelas, drums and horns stayed behind, and so did the sea of flags. The energy, though, followed Oneil Cruz home from Miami and showed up Tuesday afternoon in a single and a stolen base in Cruz’s first at-bat back in the Pirates’ lineup. Cruz’s contribution to

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Before Pirates players took the field for workouts on a chilly Tuesday morning at LECOM Park, an unexpected conversation played out in the corner of the home clubhouse. Konnor Griffin, a 19-year-old from Mississippi who’s yet to play a Major League game, had questions for Marcell Ozuna,

The preliminary player pools have become the final rosters, and now we have a better understanding of which prospects will next take the Spring Breakout stage. In two short years, the Spring Breakout alumni list is already a doozy, filled with a Cy Young winner, multiple Rookies of the Year,

MIAMI -- After Paul Skenes exited Sunday’s World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Dominican Republic, he found himself in a conversation with Clayton Kershaw and posed a question to the Dodgers legend. Skenes asked where the WBC -- an incredible event where this particular game packed 36,337 inside a raucous

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The first two years of Spring Breakout showcased several players who quickly became big league stars, including reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes, 2025 Rookies of the Year Drake Baldwin and Nick Kurtz, and postseason sensation Trey Yesavage. It also put an assortment of stunning tools on

MIAMI – The game met the hype. And the Americans met the moment. In a semifinals matchup rife with many of baseball’s biggest names and a game rife with the kind of tension that makes the sport great, Team USA outlasted the Dominican Republic, 2-1, on Sunday night at loanDepot

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Brandon Lowe was making his way around the Rays’ clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday morning, visiting the place he called his Spring Training home for a decade, when he ran into Shane McClanahan. A few hours before they met on the field in the

BRADENTON, Fla. -- When Paul Skenes takes the mound for Team USA on Sunday night in Miami, millions will watch the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner face a stacked Dominican Republic lineup in the World Baseball Classic semifinals (8 p.m. ET, FS1). The “Top Gun” theme will blare

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Not every battle needs a bad guy. This is especially true in Pirates camp this spring, as Nick Gonzales works to strengthen his grip on the starting shortstop role while baseball’s No. 1 prospect, Konnor Griffin, aims to loosen it.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Pirates reliever Chris Devenski was still being evaluated one day after he was struck in the head by a line drive during Friday night’s 7-5 win over the Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium, but so far, the news is the best the Bucs could hope for. "Nothing

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Henry Davis could've changed and gone back to his old swing. Face it: An 0-for-17 start to Spring Training would force most baseball players to try something. But the Pirates' catcher has remained resolute. Stubborn, even. Davis believes in the swing changes he made this past offseason,

LAKELAND, Fla. -- With the Spring Training road narrowing, the Pirates and 29 other clubs will have tough decisions to make. Mike Clevinger and Jhostynxon Garcia did their part to make things difficult Friday during a 7-5 victory over the Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium. Garcia homered and finished with

Hello, Pirates fans. Welcome to my first mailbag in this role. It’s something I plan to do regularly, as I love the connection it forms with readers. Plenty of excellent submissions this week. If you have a question for a future mailbag, I’m at Jason.Mackey@pirates.com. Burt Macklin (@Pirates_Insight): Which non-roster

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Opening Day is just two weeks away -- and the Pirates still have some important decisions to make before they take on the Mets on March 26 at Citi Field.

BRADENTON, Fla. — As Paul Skenes’ regular catcher, life can sometimes feel like a video game for Henry Davis. He calls a pitch, and it’s there. With little deviation. It was the same thing with Bubba Chandler on Thursday … only this time it felt like Davis’ controller had a

BRADENTON, Fla. -- It was the final moment before the first off-day of Spring Training. An exhibition game, no less. But as Pirates players entered the LECOM Park clubhouse following a 7-1 victory over Team Colombia on March 3, there was Termarr Johnson -- in the middle of it all

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Konnor Griffin has certainly looked big league-ready at times in Spring Training. Of course, he's also still just a 19-year-old prospect.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Maybe it happens on the golf course. Or if he forgets something while packing for road trips. But in some facet of his life, human nature would seemingly tell us that Jared Triolo is affected by something.

Through the first two iterations of Spring Breakout, many young prospects have gone head-to-head before quickly establishing themselves as stars at the Major League level. Look no further than when Paul Skenes struck out Jackson Holliday in the first inning during the first edition of Spring Breakout, weeks before they'd

We are all about the future at MLB Pipeline. Obviously, any talk about prospects and who they might become involves some prognostication. Fresh off flexing those muscles to present every organization’s Top 30 prospects list, we’re keeping our crystal ball in active mode to provide a prospect prediction for each