PITTSBURGH -- Derek Shelton hates to be on the other side of that situation pregame, one of the few spots where he’ll publicly admit causes him some anxiety. It’s when a team sends out a lineup, has to scratch a player late and then substitutes someone else in. This time,

PITTSBURGH -- Major League Baseball’s Trade Deadline is less than a week away, but that doesn’t mean there is a clean picture for what will happen between now and 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Only a handful of teams are truly out of it, with over 20 clubs entering Wednesday

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This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. 5:58 p.m.: Paul Skenes emerges from the dugout and walks to the bullpen An hour before Skenes toed the rubber center stage on Tuesday,

MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

PITTSBURGH -- Paul Skenes was going out for the ninth inning, regardless if the Pirates scored in the eighth. The Pirates’ rookie phenom pitched into the final frame for the first time in his Major League career, but he could not finish the inning. After the Bucs tied the game

It was Pawl Skenes night at the ballpark in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, but it's safe to say these canines care little about his K/9, impressive as it may be. Pirates fans took Pup Night to the next level by giving their pooches the full Skenes treatment, with kerchiefs that had

PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates had to settle for two out of three in their opening series out of the All-Star break after a 6-0 loss to the Phillies on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park. After a late rally on Friday and stellar pitching from Luis Ortiz on Saturday, the offense

Last week, a few days before the MLB All-Star Game, baseball fans around the world had the opportunity to watch 47 of the most exciting prospects in the sport play in the Futures Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The star-studded exhibition only adds to the excitement for

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With the season's second half underway, it's once again time for our panel of MLB.com experts to take another stab at predicting which players will be worthy of a place on the All-MLB Team by the close of the year. The All-MLB Team presented by MGM Rewards has annually recognized

PITTSBURGH -- Mitch Keller wanted the ball for this one. Keller’s last start of the first half of the season was a deviation from the norm for him, as he lasted only three innings and snapped a streak of 59 straight starts with at least five innings pitched. His last

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – In the middle of Jim Leyland’s first season as Tigers manager in 2006, the skipper once kicked the media out of his office in the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field in the middle of a postgame press conference. His team had just completed a sweep of the

PITTSBURGH – Luis Ortiz screamed into his glove while walking back to the home dugout as Michael A. Taylor squeezed Nick Castellanos’ popup to center. He was clearly amped, feeding into the energy of a sold-out PNC Park, and it translated to one of the best starts of his young

Jim Leyland will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in Cooperstown, New York, alongside Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer. The popular manager, who led the Pirates to three consecutive National League East titles from 1990-92, was chosen for enshrinement by the Contemporary Era

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Pirates first-round selection Konnor Griffin grew up over 1,800 miles away from Levi Sterling, the player the Bucs took with their Competitive Balance Round

With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s a convenient time to look at the scope of prospects across MLB’s organizations. Who should we be looking out for in the months to come? Here’s a look at one prospect to watch for each club during the rest of

PITTSBURGH – Nick Gonzales went to bat looking for a strike and something hard. The Pirates’ second baseman knew José Alvarado could ramp it up into triple digits, but there was also that cutter that can tail away from right-handers, which matched where he wanted to do damage. “I was

The difference between a team buying or selling at the Trade Deadline can be a matter of just a few games in the standings. A winning streak or a losing streak in the week before the Deadline can be all it takes to push a team in one direction or

Jim Leyland used to spend offseasons scribbling out batting orders. So when he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last December, it figured he would put the same meticulous effort into his speech. He studied video of past Hall of Fame speeches. He pondered how to balance a

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are