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Pirates Notes: Gerrit Cole Excited About Tonight’s Return From the DL

WASHINGTON — The Cole Train has found a way to Union Station. Pirates’ ace Gerrit Cole will come off the disabled list to make...

Pirates Notes: Jonathon Niese is Moving to the Bullpen For Now

WASHINGTON -- The Jonathon Niese experiment is over, at least for now. The Pirates will move the left-handed pitcher to the bullpen for the second...

Pirates Notes: Outfield Positioning Has Helped McCutchen’s Arm

PITTSBURGH -- Since the beginning of the season, the Pirates have been experimenting with a new outfield alignment that involves a shallower positioning across...

Pirates Notes: Cervelli Does Catching Drills, Polanco Still Out of Lineup

PITTSBURGH — With the stitches out of his right hand, Francisco Cervelli took the opportunity to get some catching drills done at PNC Park...

Morning Report: What’s Left in the System from the 2008-11 DSL Pirates?

The DSL season began on Saturday and the preview will be up later today. For this morning, I thoughts I'd go through the progress...

Jeff Locke Solid Again as Pirates Power Past Angels

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates returned to their core approach -- putting runners on base and getting extra-base hits -- en route to an 8-7 win...

Pirates Notes: Polanco and Vogelsong Updates, Melancon Gets a Needed Break

MIAMI - Gregory Polanco was scratched from Wednesday night's game with left foot discomfort, after fouling a ball off his foot in his final...

First Pitch: The Dream Outfield On Pace For One of the Best Seasons in MLB History

For several years, I've been talking about how the Pirates could end up having the best outfield in baseball, with Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte,...

Gregory Polanco Scratched Tonight; Updates on Vogelsong, Diaz, Newman, Brault, Caminero

MIAMI - Gregory Polanco was scratched from tonight's lineup with left foot discomfort, after fouling a ball off his foot in his final at-bat...

Pirates Can’t Keep Pace With Jose Fernandez in 3-1 Loss

MIAMI - Prior to tonight's game, Clint Hurdle said something about Jose Fernandez and his ability to dominate when his game is on. “You’re not...

Jeff Locke Throws His First Complete Game Shutout in Pirates 10-0 Win

MIAMI - Jeff Locke did something tonight that he's never done in his career before: pitch into the ninth inning as a starter. It hadn't...

First Pitch: Is Gregory Polanco Starting to Pass Andrew McCutchen?

How good has Gregory Polanco been so far? Among all hitters in baseball, he ranks 7th with a 2.4 WAR after tonight. He's putting up...