This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

PITTSBURGH -- Braxton Ashcraft fell short of his goal of 200 innings and 30 starts due to right arm fatigue that landed him on the 15-day injured list on Sept. 10. The Pirates All-Star right-hander still has plenty to be proud of in 2026. And after avoiding a serious injury,

CHICAGO -- Just as the Pirates offense returned to full strength on Friday, it took another hit soon after. Pittsburgh rookie outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on Saturday. Outfielder Ronny Simon was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. Valdez exited Friday’s game

CHICAGO -- The Pirates’ offense is receiving its final reinforcement for the home stretch. Veteran slugger Ryan O'Hearn is with the team at Wrigley Field and was activated off the 10-day injured list on Friday. Outfielder Ronny Simon was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. O’Hearn admitted that he’s likely not 100%

CHICAGO -- Pirates All-Star pitcher Braxton Ashcraft is headed to the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort. Pittsburgh recalled right-hander Antwone Kelly from Triple-A Indianapolis in a corresponding move. Ashcraft has pitched 95 2/3 more innings in 2026 than he did last season as he soared to a breakout

CHICAGO -- The Pirates are almost back to full strength. After recent returns of Oneil Cruz and Konnor Griffin, the last piece of the puzzle is left-handed slugger Ryan O'Hearn.

PITTSBURGH -- The wait is over. Konnor Griffin was activated from the 60-day injured list Friday to play his first Major League game since suffering a torn sagittal band in his left ring finger against the Nationals on July 5 while diving up the middle for a ground ball. Griffin

Konnor Griffin took his first steps toward a return on Sunday, playing seven innings while batting 1-for-3 with two strikeouts with Double-A Altoona. The 20-year-old shortstop is eligible to come off the 60-day injured list on Sept. 4 and Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said the team is

ST. LOUIS - - One of the game’s best young stars is nearing a return. Konnor Griffin will begin a rehab assignment Sunday with Double-A Altoona as he works back from a left ring finger sagittal band injury.

SAN DIEGO — Endy Rodriguez won’t return this season after he had surgery Wednesday to repair the labrum in his left hip, the Pirates announced. Rodriguez is expected to resume baseball activities within seven to nine months, which will likely delay his 2027 season, as well. The surgery was performed

PITTSBURGH – Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin is progressing in his return from the 60-day injured list. The 20-year-old shortstop is no longer wearing a splint on his left ring finger after a checkup with the team’s hand specialist and orthopedic surgeon, and he’ll head to Bradenton, Fla., when the Pirates

PITTSBURGH -- Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales exited Friday night’s game in the bottom of the fifth inning after a hit-by-pitch to the helmet. Gonzales was hit on a 94.3 mph four-seam fastball from Red Sox left-handed reliever Jovani Morán. Gonzales is being evaluated and treated for a facial contusion,

PITTSBURGH -- Termarr Johnson, the Pirates' 2022 first-round Draft pick, will miss the rest of 2026 with a torn left ACL and LCL. He’ll undergo surgery next Thursday and be examined in Dallas by Dr. Dan Cooper. Johnson injured the knee while lunging for first base in the top of

PITTSBURGH -- Friday marked exactly two months since Oneil Cruz last played in a baseball game, pinch-running on June 7 at Atlanta. After an MRI days later revealed non-displaced fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpals in his left hand, Cruz was sidelined on the injured list. The Pirates’ star

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CINCINNATI -- The Pirates will be without 1B/OF Ryan O'Hearn for 6-8 weeks, as he was placed on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a left quad strain. In a series of corresponding moves, RHP Isaac Mattson was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis, C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. was activated from

CINCINNATI -- Ryan O'Hearn sprinted toward first base in the top of the ninth when the Pirates' looming crushing loss suddenly turned worse. O’Hearn came up limping heavily before touching first base, holding his left quad in pain. O’Hearn left the field with the assistance of Pirates manager Don Kelly

CINCINNATI – Evan Sisk was pitching as well as he ever had for the first three months of 2026. Then came the unexpected. Near the end of June, Sisk began to feel some discomfort in the back of his elbow area. The soreness was gradual over time. Eventually, he needed

PITTSBURGH -- Pirates top prospect and MLB Pipeline’s top right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez is likely out for the season with a left oblique strain. Hernandez suffered the injury during his start on July 24, and is expected to be out six to eight weeks, which would line up with the

PITTSBURGH -- The implications don’t get much higher for a game in late July. The Pirates entered the series with the Diamondbacks one game behind Arizona in the National League Wild Card standings.

Given how much time he’s missed over the past few seasons, pretty much the last place Endy Rodríguez wants to be is on a rehab assignment. But the Pirates catcher remains upbeat, especially considering the injury that knocked him out of the lineup has subsided. “I feel pretty good,” Rodríguez

PITTSBURGH -- On June 24 against the Mariners, Spencer Horwitz felt something he’d never felt before. Horwitz was busting it down the first-base line in the third inning when he felt his left hamstring grab. He was removed from the game the following frame and still felt some pain, knowing

PITTSBURGH – Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin is expected to miss 8-10 weeks after being placed on the 10-day IL with a torn sagittal band in his left ring finger. The 20-year-old suffered the injury in Sunday’s game against the Nationals on a diving attempt at a single up the middle

PITTSBURGH -- When Major Leaguers return to Double-A for a rehab assignment, they’re usually the elder statesmen of the roster. That wasn’t the case for Konnor Griffin. When the 20-year-old began his rehab assignment in Altoona’s 8-4 win against Reading on Wednesday, he was the youngest on the squad by

Pirates right-hander Jared Jones screamed in anger and pain when leaving the mound at the end of the third inning of Sunday’s 8-6 win over the Rockies at Coors Field. Jones took an 87.9 mph comebacker off his right elbow, heading for the dugout and not returning after 45 pitches.