It will be a pitching matchup befitting Opening Day when the Pittsburgh Pirates meet the Marlins in Miami on Thursday. Pittsburgh will send to the mound Paul Skenes, the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year. For Miami, the starter
Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes was the marquee pitcher entering Saturday’s spring game between the host Pirates and Baltimore Orioles in Bradenton, Fla., but Zach Eflin wound up in the bigger spotlight. Eflin and six relievers combined on a no-hitter as Baltimore
Zach Eflin and six relievers combined on a spring-training no-hitter Saturday as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in Bradenton, Fla., with the teams’ regular-season opener less than a week away. Eflin pitched the first three innings, striking
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jared Jones will miss his final Spring Training start with right elbow discomfort with no estimate on when he can start throwing again. Jones, slated to be the Pirates’ No. 2 starter this season, reported discomfort after
Javier Rivas hit a walk-off solo home run to complete a three-run uprising and hand the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in spring-training action on Tuesday in Bradenton, Fla. Scoreless through eight, the Pirates got
With the start of the baseball season upon us, teams are finalizing their rosters, hoping to put together the group of players that will lead them to the postseason. Which player could be a key — the X factor —
Paul Skenes is the Opening Day starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a first-time distinction for the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year and All-Star Game starter. Manager Derek Shelton did have other options, but he said there was one
Pittsburgh Pirates 2024 record: 76-86 (5th place, NL Central) He gone: LHP Aroldis Chapman, OF Bryan De La Cruz, C Yasmani Grandal, 1B Connor Joe. New faces: 2B Adam Frazier, LHP Andrew Heaney, 1B Spencer Horwitz, RHP Justin Lawrence, OF
Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal earned his first victory of spring training on Sunday as the host Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in Lakeland, Fla. Skubal (1-0) gave up two runs and four hits