Tag: Gregory Polanco

The Pittsburgh Pirates have activated outfielder Gregory Polanco from the 10-day injured list in time for Monday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. To make room on the 25-man roster, Steven Brault has been optioned to Indianapolis. ROSTER MOVES:The Pirates have recalled outfielder Gregory Polanco from his rehab assignment and have reinstated him from the […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Pablo Reyes), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Pablo Reyes), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Pablo Reyes), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

BRADENTON, Fla. – The Pirates had their first day of mini-camp this morning at Pirate City. The workout was what you’d expect to see in the early days of Spring Training, with pitchers doing their throwing programs, and hitters taking batting and fielding practice. If this was all happening in the middle of July, it […]

When the Pirates decided to keep Austin Meadows on the Major League roster after Starling Marte returned from his oblique injury, the idea was that they would split time amongst their four outfield options. “Austin Meadows isn’t here as a fourth outfielder,” general manager Neal Huntington said a week ago. “He’s here as part of […]

I was not (completely) correct in my analysis. You might recall my opening day column, referring to the Pirates’ “vanilla veterans” and how it was they, not the youngsters, who would limit this team’s potential. Gajtka: Vanilla Veterans Limit Pirates’ Potential More Than Youth To my slight surprise, that assessment hasn’t been completely accurate to […]

My favorite Marvel movie is Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There have been ten movies released by Marvel Studios since The Winter Solder came out. Those include two of my favorite comic book characters — Spider-Man and The Black Panther — getting intro movies, plus two great ensemble movies (Civil War and Infinity War, obviously, […]

PITTSBURGH — Good teams avoid losing streaks. Or is it that teams that avoid losing streaks become good? Either way, the Pirates’ hopes of validating their opening 15 games rest upon not giving it back before the end of April. Getting swept at home in this mini-stand at PNC Park wouldn’t inspire confidence, even if […]

We could argue that a team like the 2018 Pirates needed to fashion a fast break out of the starting gate to have a realistic chance at contention. Perhaps ‘need’ is a strong word here, but with young players taking on additional responsibility after two high-profile players were traded in the offseason, early positive feedback […]