As they prepare to gear up for the offseason, the Pittsburgh Pirates started doing some roster cleaning on Thursday. The Bucs declined a club option on right-hander Radhames Liz, making him a free agent. Pirates' general manager Neal Huntington took a gamble on the 32-year old Liz this past offseason and it turned out to be one of the few moves Huntington has made during the past few years that didn't pan out. Liz received a Major League deal with a $1 million guarantee with the Bucs ... Read More
Neal Huntington presser 7/26: Harrison, Lambo, Sadler among injury updates; Hanson continues progression
Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington met with reporters prior to Sunday afternoon's game against the Washington Nationals and tackled topics ranging from injury updates, trade deadline conversation and some of the players on the major league roster. On Gorkys Hernandez: “Gorkys has gone out and played a couple of games with [Triple-A] Indianapolis and looks healthy. Our anticipation is if he continues this way we’ll activate him and have to make a decision.” Regarding Rob ... Read More
McCutchen’s bat brings Pirates series win
Pittsburgh Pirates fans have seen this script before. A pitcher with a high ERA holding the Pirates at bay and stealing a series win. That would not be the case Sunday, as one swing of the bat changed the course of the game and re-energized the Pirates bats en route to a 10-2 victory Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Andrew McCutchen's three-run home run was his second of the season and came on the first pitch of his at-bat against Kyle Lohse [0-2] which scored both Gregory Polanco and ... Read More
Casey Sadler to start Sunday for Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates rotation depth has been tested in the first week of the 2015 season as Francisco Liriano has been placed on the paternity leave list. Starting in his place on Sunday will be Casey Sadler. Liriano is missing his start as his daughter will be born. Liriano is expected to return to the Pirates and make his next start on Wednesday. This will be the first start in Sadler's major league career. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle weighed his options when determining who would ... Read More
Hughes, Sadler rocked in Pirates loss
The Pittsburgh Pirates saw its Grapefruit League losing streak run to three games with an 8-3 defeat Friday at the hands of the Minnesota Twins. With the loss, the Pirates fell to 4-5-2 on the spring. Casey Sadler was scored on for the first time this spring, in his third start. Sadler [1-1] threw 2.1 innings and allowed five hits, four runs and a walk. The Twins scored three runs in the first inning, the first of which came on one of the Pirates three errors, as Jordan Schafer reached ... Read More
Sadler continues to impress; Pirates defeat Blue Jays
The Pittsburgh Pirates won 1-0 against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday afternoon to move to 3-2-1 in Spring Training. This is the third time these two teams have faced each other in the past week. Casey Sadler extended his Spring Training scoreless innings streak to five and was the first starter to throw three innings for the Pirates this season. Sadler did not allow any hits over the course of his three innings of work and also struck out three batters. On the spring, Sadler has allowed no ... Read More
Pittsburgh Pirates win Spring Training opener
The Pittsburgh Pirates used three home runs to win 8-7 in Dunedin, Fl., against the Toronto Blue Jays in a game which served as both teams Spring Training openers. Pedro Alvarez hit the first Pirates home run, a three-run shot to left field off Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez. Sanchez would allow a total of five runs and four hits in 1.1 innings pitched. The Pirates scored their other two runs against Sanchez when Jaff Decker hit a double off the center-field wall. Decker was 2-3 on the ... Read More
Liriano Leaves Injured, Pirates Make Mental Mistakes in 7-3 Loss
Francisco Liriano left the game in the third inning due to "left side discomfort" and the game seemed to fall out of hand after that as the Cubs defeated the Pirates 7-3 on Gregory Polanco's debut game in the black and gold. Liriano didn't get out of the gates the way he wanted as he allowed a one out single to Junior Lake and then left a changeup up to Anthony Rizzo that he sent into the Clemente seats. After that, Liriano settled down retiring seven of eight batters before leaving the ... Read More
Marte, Alvarez Homer in Ninth to Give Pirates 6-5 Victory
Pedro Alvarez tied it in the ninth with a two-run home run to right-center and Starling Marte later ended it with a walk-off shot into the Pirate bullpen to give the Bucs a 6-5 comeback victory over the Blue Jays on Friday night. The Pirates trailed 5-3 heading into the final frame when Neil Walker led the bottom of the ninth off with a single to right field. Pedro Alvarez followed two batters later with a shot into the right-center seats to tie the game at five. After a Gaby Sanchez flyout, ... Read More