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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Pirates fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This past week’s question asked you about Paul Skenes. His numbers, including velocity, are down this year, and […]
Being the highest-paid player on a Major League Baseball team seems like a sweet gig, minus the pressure. Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers are thriving, while others struggle.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and their ace Paul Skenes are in the midst of an all-time bad string of losses as after Saturday’s contest against the Colorado Rockies the club dropped their seventh straight with Skenes on the mound. Skenes has been the center of criticism in this stretch with many questioning if he’s slipping in […]
Pelicans right-hander Edwardo Melendez was activated off the Development List. South Bend left-hander Ethan Flanagan was activated off the Development List. Only the Pelicans won today. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs fell to Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-1. Jordan Wicks started and took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits over five innings. Wicks walked […]
Coming into Sunday’s afternoon game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Colorado Rockies were looking to finish the sweep after Friday and Saturday night wins in games that had, well, stressful conclusions. The hope on Sunday was to finish the job in a less-dramatic fashion. That did not happen as the Rockies bats stayed quiet early […]
Pirates 8, Rockies 6 Leverage index and box score Graphics via FanGraphs Making Dad proud: Nick Gonzales, 0.17 WPA Grounded: Juan Mejia, -0.13 WPA Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Pirates right-hander Jared Jones was pulled from his start on Sunday after three innings. He was struck in the right elbow by a line drive from Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield. Third baseman Nick Gonzales fielded the ricochet to record the final out of the frame. Yohan Ramirez took the mound in the fourth inning. […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been up and down this season, as they’re 38-39 and are in fourth place in the NL Central. They’ve missed Konnor Griffin for some time with a forearm injury as he was placed on the injured list, but the latest update is positive as he tries to get back on the […] The post Pirates’ Konnor Griffin ready to make big first step in injury rehab appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost another heartbreaker on Saturday night at Coors Field, to the Colorado Rockies. Down one run in the ninth, the Pirates had the bases loaded but couldn’t advance the runners. The game ended on a controversial play, when the umpires gathered together to rule Pirates baserunner Billy Cook was interfering with a […] The post Pirates’ Don Kelly gets 100% real on controversial call that ended Rockies game appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Be ready to bust out the brooms on a sunny Father’s Day afternoon. After back-to-back nights with nail-biting conclusions in the ninth inning, the Colorado Rockies are somehow on the verge of sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Denver. It’s the first day of summer, the forecast is for clear skies and high temperatures, and […]
The 2026 MLB Draft is right around the corner on July 11-12, and MLB insider Ken Rosenthal believes the Bucs could be willing to trade a competitive balance pick ahead of the draft. Teams that acquire them would gain not only an additional selection in the upcoming amateur draft, but also extra bonus pool money. […]
With how Friday night shook out and with how the Colorado Rockies battled the Pittsburgh Pirates in their first meeting with Paul Skenes, tonight’s game had all the makings of another close one. Tomoyuki Sugano (菅野 智之) put together one of his best performances of 2026, if not the best. As expected, Skenes did Skenes […]
In a game that got a little too close for comfort in the later innings, the Colorado Rockies escaped with a series-opening 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates last night. The second game of the series and the homestand provides the Rockies with another shot at Paul Skenes this season in a top notch pitching […]
The Colorado Rockies needed to win a winnable game. They made it harder than it needed to be, but they still got there. The Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Friday night at Coors Field, improving to 29-47 while Pittsburgh fell to 38-38. Kyle Freeland gave Colorado seven brilliant innings, reached 1,000 career strikeouts, […]
Rockies 4, Pirates 3 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Arghhh!: Mason Montgomery, -0.52 WPA Dealin’ Freeland: Kyle Freeland, +0.31 WPA PHraxton Fulford (H/T EmersonCR): Braxton Fulford, +0.51 WPA Game thread comments of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. […]
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies, June 19, 2026, 8:40 p.m. ET The Pittsburgh Pirates are visiting Denver for a weekend series against the Colorado Rockies. Taking the mound for the Pirates is Bubba Chandler, who went 5.2 innings, giving up three hits and two earned runs in his last start against the Miami Marlins. It […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a late-night trade on Thursday night that will shift the landscape of two areas of the team. Pittsburgh dealt catcher Joey Bart to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for reliever Hunter Stratton. A familiar face, Stratton was a 16th-round pick of the Pirates in 2017 and pitched for the club for […]
Major League Baseball’s first All-Star ballot was released at the beginning of the week and the Pittsburgh Pirates have four position players receiving serious votes. Darren Yuvan already covered Nick Gonzales being a top five vote getter for the National League’s third base spot, but in addition to him is teammates Oneil Cruz, Spencer Horwitz, […]
The Atlanta Braves announced late Thursday night that they have acquired catcher Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates. In exchange, the Pirates will receive right-hander Hunter Stratton. To make room on the roster, catcher Sandy León was designated for assignment. Bart will be the eighth Braves catcher this season. A Buford native, Bart was drafted […]
The Braves announced they’ve traded reliever Hunter Stratton to the Pirates for catcher Joey Bart. Atlanta designated backup catcher Sandy León for assignment to open a spot on the 40-man roster. The Braves had designated Stratton for assignment yesterday. He’ll replace Bart on Pittsburgh’s 40-man but won’t join the MLB team, as the Bucs optioned him to Triple-A […]
Despite having tonight’s scheduled series finale against the San Francisco Giants rained out well ahead of first pitch, the Atlanta Braves are still up burning the midnight oil while trying to figure things out with their roster. The latest bit of shuffling sees the Braves going back to addressing their catcher situation, as they’ve brought […]
On June 9, the Pittsburgh Pirates were locked in a 2-2 ballgame with the Los Angeles Dodgers going into the seventh inning. Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh’s ace, had just finished his solid day, striking out seven batters through six innings. By the bottom of the seventh, the Pirates were losing 12-2. Unfortunately for the Pirates, this […] The post There’s No Easy Fix to Pirates’ Bullpen Struggles appeared first on The Lead .
The St. Louis Cardinals were among the most overlooked teams in Major League Baseball at the start of the season. They appeared to be a team that would battle with the Pittsburgh Pirates to stay out of the National League Central cellar. The Cardinals did not have enough hitting. They certainly lacked pitching, and manager […] The post Cardinals must make this trade for Twins star Byron Buxton appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Happy Thursday all! The weekend is within sight. The team lost yesterday’s series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates, falling to their NL Central rivals 12-4 to secure the series loss. Not a great way to end things with the Pirates but they’re on the come up just like the A’s. Hard to root against that […]
The Athletics dropped their final game of their mid-week series against the Pirates on Wednesday evening, falling to Pittsburgh 12-4. Nothing went right tonight as the A’s were losing big from the get-go, and never really mounted any sort of comeback attempt. The loss drops them to 36-38 but on the bright side the division-leading […]