PITTSBURGH -- Paul Skenes hasn’t quite matched the historic success of his first two Major League campaigns. Yet, after a difficult July, when he pitched to a 6.25 ERA in six starts, Skenes returned partially to form in August with a 3.10 ERA in four starts. The recent news out

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ST. LOUIS -- Bubba Chandler remembers being too serious. The 23-year-old rookie will play table tennis and scour crossword puzzles just hours before his Major League starts, but he wasn’t always like that.

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When Roman Senft grabs the microphone and yells “Play Ball!” prior to Tuesday’s Pirates game against the Giants are PNC Park, there will undoubtedly be plenty of excitement. But for 10-year-old Roman and his family, the moment will represent so much more considering everything the baseball-loving bunch from Cranberry has

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For the fourth time this season -- all in the past two months -- Andrew Fischer has landed on the Prospect Team of the Week. Perhaps that shouldn't be a surprise, considering the 2025 first-rounder leads the Minors with 42 home runs. Still, it's another feather in his cap as

Paul Skenes likes to joke that his first-ever dream job, before baseball or flying planes, was to become a firefighter. Perhaps that’s why Skenes enjoys this stuff so much. Or maybe it's the opportunity to help a worthy cause. (OK, it's probably a mix of both.) Backed by support from

ST. LOUIS -- The elephant in the room was so large it could no longer fit in the clubhouse. Pittsburgh’s bullpen accrued a 4.31 ERA from Opening Day through Aug. 3, the day of the Trade Deadline, which ranked 20th in baseball. General manager Ben Cherington promptly kicked the elephant

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 — With sand slipping through the hourglass and the Pirates badly needing a hot streak to jump back into contention, this felt like a season-defining road trip for the club. Nine games in 11 days across three cities. A chance to shift this thing one way or another.

ST. LOUIS -- Carmen Mlodzinski hadn’t inherited a runner since Aug. 9, 2025. But when he entered the game on Saturday against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, Mlodzinski faced a bases-loaded jam in a tie game and Jordan Walker, with his 27 homers and 97 RBIs to boast, at the

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.

ST. LOUIS — Jake Mangum saw Cardinals left fielder Joshua Báez fail to field the ball cleanly and discovered another gear. Mangum’s helmet went sailing. He was nearly called out at third base, though the Pirates saw third baseman Nolan Gorman drop the ball, challenged and won. It's the type

ST. LOUIS -- Before the Pirates left for their current road trip, Paul Skenes had a conversation that put his mind at ease. With the Tigers in town, Skenes wound up chatting with Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander about velocity. Pittsburgh’s ace described what he’s gone through this season and asked

ST. LOUIS -- Don Kelly knew his team needed to find a balance. In San Diego, the Pirates took two of three from the Padres, a clear positive. The series ended in frustration, though, with Pittsburgh going 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in a shutout loss Wednesday. “We’ve got

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From the moment Murf Gray's 2026 season began, he's had the power stroke. That culminated in him reaching a milestone Friday that puts him in rare air among Bucs talent over the past two decades. The Pirates’ No. 4 prospect launched a two-run homer -- his 30th of the season

ST. LOUIS — A handful of hours after the MLB Trade Deadline had passed, after he delivered one of his best starts of the second half and that night’s game in Milwaukee ended on a walkoff challenge, Bubba Chandler was addressing Mitch Keller’s season-ending injury when he offered an honest

The Arizona Fall League is widely known as baseball's "finishing school," a place where top prospects go to touch up their game -- and get extra reps -- as they continue their climb to The Show. In the 2026 All-Star Game, 10 of the 18 hitters in the starting lineups

ALTOONA, Pa. -- Easton Carmichael wanted to go home. It was the summer of 2024, and after playing 61 games for Oklahoma in the spring, he was tired and struggling in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Carmichael told his dad, head coach Skip Johnson and his agent he was out

SAN DIEGO — When the Pirates offense has struggled this season, it’s been pretty easy to diagnose the problem. Either a left-handed pitcher has been on the mound, or the Pirates have been unable to convert with runners in scoring position. Sometimes both. A familiar problem resurfaced at a terrible