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The Pittsburgh Pirates have a trio of Gold Glove winners and a player billed as the “significant acquisition” of the offseason, yet their corner infield spots might be the biggest question marks in the lineup. Defensively, the Pirates are in good hands at third base, whether Ke’Bryan Hayes or Jared...

To add left-handed reliever Tim Mayza to their 40-man roster Monday, the Pittsburgh Pirates cleared room in the middle of their infield by designating Alika Williams for assignment. Williams, 25, started 44 games at shortstop and 15 at second base for the Pirates over the past two seasons since being...

The reality of modern-day sports is that players rarely spend their careers in just one town. Free agency, trades, owners unwilling to open their wallets (**cough cough Pirates cough cough**), salary caps, declining skills and a host of other reasons mean players can bounce from city to city over the...

In the span of one year for the Pittsburgh Pirates, catcher has gone from a precarious position to one with enough depth that there promises to be plenty of competition in spring training. But the Pirates were clear that the catcher who wasn’t on their Opening Day roster last season...

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced 2025 staff assignments for their full-season minor-league affiliates, Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League clubs Friday morning. Taking over as manager of the Indianapolis Indians is Chris Truby, who will oversee the Triple-A club after serving as bench coach under Miguel Perez in 2024. Perez...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have distributed a survey to fans in hopes of evaluating their level of satisfaction with the franchise. These are the real questions with the actual multiple-choice options for responses. Let’s take the survey together, shall we? 1. Overall, what is your impression of the Pittsburgh Pirates? A)...

Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher Johan Oviedo will make $850,000 in 2025 as a result of the first salary arbitration hearing of the year. Oviedo, who sought a raise from $765,000 to $1.15 million, had his case heard Tuesday. Arbitrators ruled Wednesday in favor of the Pirates, who counter-offered at $850,000....

A familiar face — to Pittsburghers — dropped by Seth Meyers’ talk show last night: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year made an appearance on Tuesday night’s edition of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Meyers, whose father grew up in East Liberty and is big...

In this edition of On Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is making the rounds at the annual Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., a popular destination for NFL coaches to get a firsthand look at upcoming draft talent. Unavoidably, the list of players Tomlin is perceived to be interested...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jovan Oviedo and the Pittsburgh Pirates argued the first salary arbitration case of the year Tuesday. A right-hander who turns 27 on March 2 and had Tommy John surgery that forced him to miss all of last season, Oviedo asked for a raise from $765,000 to...

MLB The Show 25 announced Tuesday that rising stars Paul Skenes, Gunnar Henderson and Elly De La Cruz will be the cover athletes on its upcoming video game. It’s the first time MLB The Show has featured three athletes on the same cover. The game is scheduled to hit the...

A familiar face is returning to the Pittsburgh Pirates on a one-year major-league deal: Adam Frazier. Frazier, 33, agreed to a deal with the Pirates for 2025 worth $1.525 million, a source confirmed to TribLive on Tuesday. Frazier was a sixth-round draft pick (No. 179 overall) by the Pirates in...

The Pittsburgh Pirates added a left-handed arm to their bullpen Monday night, signing 33-year-old Tim Mayza to a major-league deal pending a physical, a source confirmed to TribLive. Mayza, a veteran of 367 MLB games, went 0-2 with a 6.33 ERA last year, splitting time with the Toronto Blue Jays...

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ offer wasn’t enough to sway an 11-year old card collector who found the coveted Topps Paul Skenes 1-of-1 Debut Patch rookie card and has decided to sell it at auction. The Los Angeles youth and his family will make the card available in the Fanatics Collect “March...

Arguably more than any other player, the Pittsburgh Pirates have a good idea of what they’re going to get each year from Bryan Reynolds. Reynolds, whom the Pirates locked up with an eight-year, $106.75 million deal in 2023, has earned his paycheck before and since inking that contract. Last year,...

An 11-year-old baseball card collector from Los Angeles may have just made the find of a lifetime. On Tuesday afternoon, Topps announced on X that the Paul Skenes 1-of-1 Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card had been found. The card, released in November as part of the Topps Chrome Update series,...

The annual PiratesFest propaganda rally lived up to the spirit of the franchise this past weekend at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It was wall-to-wall horse manure. That’s what I’m told, anyway. I didn’t attend. I refuse to be an enabler. Some highlights: • A Q&A with CEO Travis...

Paul Skenes could not bring himself to offer an endorsement of Bubba Chandler as a reliable bullpen catcher. This offseason, the two have trained together in a group that includes fellow Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers Jared Jones and Kyle Nicolas. In catching Skenes, Chandler, now ranked the Pirates’ No. 1 overall...

I didn’t attend PiratesFest this weekend. I recently finished covering the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous demise and the Penguins’ washout of a homestand. My Pittsburgh sports masochism knows at least some limitations. But, via TribLIVE’s Kevin Gorman, I did read about the ire directed toward owner Bob Nutting at the fan...