Nick Gonzales is seemingly locked into the Pittsburgh Pirates’ opening-day lineup. Gonzales figures to be the primary second baseman after starting a team-high 83 games at...
Ask Jared Jones what he’d like to improve on in his second major-league season and the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander gives a simple answer. “Blowing more doors,”...
Utility players are all the rage in baseball, especially with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates have more than a dozen players in their spring training camp...
Joey Bart and Henry Davis entered professional baseball with high expectations. Based on their draft pedigree, both had the ceiling of being All-Star caliber catchers. Bart...
A scout once told me many years ago that “if you’ve seen it once in a player you know it’s in there.” For example, a player...
Can a starting pitcher be a team leader when he plays only once every fifth or sixth day? Can a 22-year-old be a team leader at...
Pitching and defense go hand in hand. That’s a baseball cliché because it’s true. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ strength going into the upcoming season is its starting...
BRADENTON, Fla. — Spring training is always the time for optimism. You know the cliché about every team tied for first place with a 0-0 record....
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Spencer Horwitz situation is hard to decipher. After word leaked on Tuesday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Wednesday that their new first...
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates’ disappointing offseason came to a fitting end. It was revealed late Tuesday night that first baseman Spencer Horwitz won’t be...