Pittsburgh Pirates

One former Boston Red Sox fan-favorite will be available again this winter. Boston signed two-time All-Star Justin Turner ahead of the 2023 season. Turner wanted to stay in Boston, but the club opted to let him walk in free agency last offseason. Turner stayed in the division and signed with the Toronto Blue Jays but was later traded to the Seattle Mariners.

With an obvious need in the bullpen and quality starting pitchers littered throughout their farm system, could the Pittsburgh Pirates lean on them to fix one of their biggest needs? MLB.com's Alex Stumpf broke down the Pirates' current situation with their bullpen and pitching prospects who are knocking on the door of reaching the big leagues. Stumpf noted that right-handed pitcher Braxton Ashcraft could be among the candidates who make a shift from being a starting pitcher to a reliever upon being called up by the Pirates. "The Pirates haven't had discussions about Braxton Ashcraft going into the bullpen, but his stuff would absolutely play there, and it could be a way to manage his innings," Stumpf wrote.

Pittsburgh Pirates' ace Paul Skenes and top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler have already become well acquainted with each other. Chandler spoke about how he and Skenes spent some time together last offseason. Through the time spent together, Chandler noted how similar pitchers he and Skenes are and the two share a very similar warm-up routine before they pitch. "We trained together this last offseason, and we we are similar pitchers in kind of the way we do [and] kind of the way we work about stuff and go throughout our day to day," Chandler said.

It was a mixed bag for Pittsburgh Pirates prospects at the plate and on the mound in the Scottsdale Scorpions' 4-2 loss to the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League. The loss was the Scorpions' (4-7) third in a row. Pirates pitching prospect Eddy Yean took the loss, pitching 1.1 innings, allowing two runs, two walks, one hit and tallying a strikeout. Yean entered the game with Scottsdale leading 2-1 in the seventh inning and escaped without allowing a run despite walking the leadoff batter.

The Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves at the center of controversy when they decided to designate former first baseman Rowdy Tellez for assignment with six games left in the season. Tellez was four plate appearances shy of earning a $250,000 bonus when Pittsburgh DFA'd him. The former Pirates first baseman went on Foul Territory to speak about how everything transpired, and while he understands the business side of the sport, Pittsburgh's decision still came out of left field for him. "It kind of caught me off guard, really," Tellez said.

The Pittsburgh Pirates could be calling the Boston Red Sox this offseason about a pitcher-hitter swap. Boston has young bats like Wilyer Abreu and Triston Casas who are enticing to a team like the Pirates in need of some pop. Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer thinks that Pittsburgh could dangle its young righty flamethrower Braxton Ashcraft to the Red Sox in an attempt to pry away some of Boston's offense.

The Boston Red Sox desperately need pitching. Perhaps their best method of recourse is to seek a trade with teams that have it. Though the Red Sox's starting rotation put up strong numbers on the whole, the longevity wasn't there when the team needed it the most. Going deep into games became an issue, especially during the dog days of summer, and nobody seemed to be able to step up and be the ace. But as scarce as starting pitching may seem to the Red Sox, there are other teams, like the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have it in spades. The Pirates saw rookie phenom Paul Skenes debut in 2025, and he took the baseball world by storm. But the lineup was so putrid that Pittsburgh still finished in last

The limits to which the Pittsburgh Pirates are willing to go to improve their offense will likely determine their ceiling in 2025. Bleacher Report listed an unpopular trade for every team and for the Pirates, they recommended the Pirates trade Jared Jones, citing the franchise's desperate need for more offense and reluctance to spend money in free agency. "The problem, of course, is that the Pirates badly need offense," Bleacher Report wrote. The Pirates right-hander went 6-8 with a 4.14 ERA and struck out 132 batters over 121.2 innings pitched across 22 starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jared Triolo was announced as one of three finalists for the 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award as a National League utility player. The other two finalists are St. Louis' Brendan Donovan and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kiké Hernández. Triolo produced six defensive runs saved in 2024. He appeared in 61 games at third base, 47 at second base, nine at first base and ...

If the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to snap their nine-year streak of missing the playoffs, improving the bullpen is one of the areas they'll have to address this offseason. Exploring a trade for an established reliever could be on the ledger for the Pirates as they look to boost a bullpen that ranked 27th in ERA this season. Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter ranked the top 25 potential trade chips heading into the offseason, and had Washington Nationals closer Kyle Finnegan at No. 16. "An All-Star for the first time in 2024, Finnegan converted 38 of 43 save chances with a 3.68 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 8.5 K/9 in 65 appearances," Reuter wrote.

The Detroit Tigers' remarkable 2024 playoff run was powered by a youthful core, but two of the team's most highly regarded prospects in recent years played only supporting roles. Right-handed pitcher Casey Mize, the No. 1 overall pick in 2018, and first baseman Spencer Torkelson, the top pick in 2020, had mixed results in 2024 and approach pivotal seasons in 2025.

Few needs are as prevalent as the Pittsburgh Pirates' need for more offense. Bleacher Report listed the top 25 trade chips in baseball heading into this offseason and had Chicago White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn at No. 24. The White Sox first baseman hit 19 home runs and slashed 246/.297/.402 in 2024. "Vaughn led the White Sox in hits (140), doubles (30), RBI (70) and total bases (229) while slugging 19 home runs, but he hit just .246/.297/.402 for a 99 OPS+ in 619 plate appearances," Bleacher Report writes.

The Braves had two runners in scoring position: David Justice on third base and Sid Bream on second. Manager Bobby Cox decided to pinch hit Jeff Reardon in favor of Francisco Cabrera to face Pirates Closer, Stan Belinda.

The vaunted New York Yankees prepared to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 7 on Oct. 13, 1960. On that mid-October night in 1960, the Pirates won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 10-9, on a home run hit by Bill Mazeroski.

He spent four seasons in Pittsburgh from 2013-16.

The Boston Red Sox legend played 19 years in Major League Baseball.

Bleacher Report ranked the top 50 rookies from the 2024 season and Skenes earned the top spot, beating out San Diego Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill. Jones was ranked No. 27 for his rookie season and likely would have had a chance to ascend the list if it wasn't for a strained right lat costing him almost two months of the season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are heading into what could be a very interesting offseason. After missing out on the playoffs, the Pirates know that they need to make moves if they're going to be a contender in 2025. Noah Wright of Rum Bunter, a website covering Pittsburgh, is urging the team to retain star relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman this offseason. Chapman put together a big season in 2024 for the Pirates.

Will the sixth season be the charm for the Pittsburgh Pirates and their regime that's headed by general manager Ben Cherington and manager Derek Shelton? The Pirates brass is banking on that despite being 294-414 since hiring Cherington and Shelton, including a pair of 100-loss seasons and going 76-86 in two straight years. Meanwhile, the National League Central rival Cincinnati Reds pushed all their chips to the middle of the table to set their young team up for success for the next few seasons.

PNC Park may be the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but for two days next summer, a bunch of bananas will take the field. The Savannah Bananas, an independent baseball team known for on-field antics and fast-paced rules, is embarking on the “2025 Banana Ball World Tour,” hitting football and baseball stadiums from coast to coast. On Aug. 29 and 30, the Bananas will roll through PNC Park. Similar to the Harlem Globetrotters, the Bananas are an exhibition team that plays an in-house trio of opponents — the Firefighters, the Party Animals and the Texas Tailgaters — in games more focused on entertainment than competition.

The last week of the season had so many storylines – beyond just the races. There was how far above 50/50 would Shohei Ohtani go (54/59 is the answer); or would Aaron Judge again hit 60 home runs (he fell just short with 58); or if Jose Ramirez could somehow muster a 40/40 season (he also fell short (39/41) because the Guardians last game was rained out). Unfortunately, fans were also focused on the final days of Major League Baseball in Oakland, California. The ongoing saga of the A's leaving their home for the past 57 seasons has been well-documented, culminating with the team's final home game two Thursdays ago.

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Pittsburgh’s 76-86 record included a 21-34 mark after the trade deadline that dropped the Pirates out of the playoff race.

When it comes to the payroll cost of a win, the Pittsburgh Pirates remain one of the thriftiest teams in Major League Baseball.

On Sept. 30, 1972, native Puerto Rican reached hits plateau. 3 months later, he died on a humanitarian trip to his country.

Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead, two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees ended the regular season with a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

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Cruz's dad's favorite MLB player was the former Reds and Yankees outfielder.

Aaron Boone said Rizzo's ALDS availability would be a "pain tolerance thing."

The Yankees were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-4 on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx.

Despite losing to the Pirates, 4-2 on Friday, the Yankees' magic number for securing home field advantage through the AL playoffs was reduced to one with the Guardians' loss.

Bryan Reynolds recorded the seventh multi-homer game of his career to carry the Pittsburgh Pirates past the New York Yankees, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.