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In a week and a half, the Pittsburgh Pirates will open their regular season against the Miami Marlins. Their roster is still taking shape, with late additions Michael A. Taylor and Domingo German recently being added...
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Pirates Designate Jeff Locke For Assignment; Sign Pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla as a free agent. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Pirates have designated...

Upcoming Pirates Off-Season Transactions: The Non-Tender Deadline

This Friday is the non-tender deadline in baseball, making it one of the final league-wide transaction deadlines that could impact free agency. Teams must...

First Pitch: Looking at the Off-Season Roster Decisions For the Pirates

The Pirates have some pretty big decisions to make this off-season, as they try to get back to the playoffs again in 2017 after...

Pirates Trade Arquimedes Caminero to Seattle

The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Arquimedes Caminero to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later, per a team press release. There...

Liriano’s Struggles and a Lack of Timely Hitting Lead to a Pirates Loss

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates got to Felix Hernandez early and often, touching the Seattle Mariners ace for nine hits over six innings, but they...

First Pitch: The Pirates Need to Remove Jeff Locke From the Rotation

I have a hard time writing about how Jeff Locke should be removed from the rotation. Locke has been an incredibly frustrating pitcher throughout his...

Jeff Locke Struggles Again in Pirates Loss to the Brewers

PITTSBURGH — With several off days in the early part of the second half and several young pitchers with options performing well, the Pirates...

McCutchen Hits Two Homers, Locke Pitches a Gem in Pirates 6-1 Win

PITTSBURGH — The Major League Baseball season is long. Very long. 162 games over seven months is a physical grind, but it’s also a...

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...

Good Locke, Bad Locke, or Just Bad Luck?

PITTSBURGH — Jeff Locke’s last seven starts have been a Jekyll and Hyde performance worthy of Robert Louis Stevenson. In four straight wins from May...

First Pitch: The Pirates Rotation Needs Help, and There’s No Easy Solution

NEW YORK - Right after Curtis Granderson hit a lead off home run tonight, I clicked over to Baseball-Reference to see the last time...

Jeff Locke Gets Hit Hard For Second Straight Start in Pirates Loss to the Mets

NEW YORK - The Mets took an early 3-0 lead in the first inning against the Pirates tonight, with Noah Syndergaard taking on Jeff...