It is no secret that the rise of women is becoming a more known quantity. In football, Jen Welter spent the preseason as an intern for the Arizona Cardinals and the NBA now has two coaches in Nancy Lieberman and Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs. Hammon also served as head coach for the Spurs this past summer in Summer League action. When will baseball catch up? Research and statistics have shown that baseball has an older general audience age as opposed to ... Read More
Reports: Pirates to call up six players
According to reports by Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com and the Toledo Blade, the Pittsburgh Pirates are planning on calling up six players as the team makes its final push towards playoff contention. The Pirates will call up pitchers Bobby LaFromboise and Radhames Liz, infielder Pedro Florimon, catcher Elias Diaz and outfielders Jaff Decker and Travis Snider from the Indianapolis Indians. Of the six, only Decker, Diaz and LaFromboise are already on the 40-man roster. Radhammes ... Read More
Pirates GM Huntington: Glasnow not on radar for September call up.
It is the time of the season in which the Pittsburgh Pirates start to make its September call-ups. With that in mind, general manager Neal Huntington spoke on that topic among others in his traditional Sunday home game press conference. On A.J. Burnett's outing: “The report from [pitching coach Ray Searage] was that he threw the ball really well and it was a positive step in his direction. He’ll throw a real sim game in St. Louis and they’ll get a feel for how A.J. is going and if we add ... Read More
Cole Tucker to miss 10-12 months
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that Cole Tucker, the team's first-round draft pick in 2014, had surgery to repair the labrum in his right shoulder and will miss 10-12 months. Tucker was ranked as the 19th best prospect in the team's system. With the Single-A West Virginia Power this season, Tucker batted .293 with two home runs and 25 RBI to go with an OPS of .699. Tucker also had 13 errors which is currently the second highest total on the team. Just before the end of Spring Training this ... 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
MLB Trade deadline: Ramirez rejoins Pirates
Twelve years ago, the Pirates made what many fans considered to be the worst trade in franchise history when Aramis Ramirez departed the team for the Chicago Cubs. Prior to Thursday's game against the Washington Nationals the Pirates reacquired Ramirez. “We felt like he was a good addition to our club to come in and stabilize third base for us for a while," Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington said. "We like what he has done offensively and obviously he’s had a great career. The last six ... Read More
Pirates call up Jaff Decker
Prior to Friday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Pittsburgh Pirates have called up Jaff Decker to help fill a bench role. This is the corresponding move for Wilfredo Boscan being sent down following Sunday's extra inning win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Boscan was brought up because the game the day prior was over five hours and took 14 innings to play. Boscan was also in play because it was his day to pitch and both Deolis Guerra and Vance Worley were unavailable to make a ... Read More
Neal Huntington presser 7/12: Assessing Pirates through one half of season
For the final time in the first half of the season, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington met with members of the media to discuss the state of the team heading into the All-Star Break and what to look for in the immediate future. The following transcript looks at several of the topics Huntington spoke about: On Josh Bell: “We’ll take the home runs as they show up more frequently as he learns the league.” On if Francisco Cervelli has been a bargain: “Being straightforward, ... Read More
Neal Huntington on All-Star Game, Richard trade & Taillon’s injury
With the All-Star Break right around the corner, Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington met with the media to discuss his usual variety of topics. Huntington discussed the All-Star Game and the likelihood that the Pirates will have multiple people selected. Starters will be announced Sunday night and the rest of the team Monday. “I don’t think we’ve viewed a guy being on a team because he had to be on the team," Huntington said. "We typically had someone that was playing well and deserving. ... Read More
Pirates Taillon suffers setback, will undergo surgery
A second opinion confirmed additional bad news for Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Jameson Taillon. The Pirates revealed in a press release that Taillon has an inguinal hernia and will have surgery late next week with his expected return being approximately two months. Taillon's injury comes after multiple outings spent in extended spring training that had reportedly been successful and without issue. “If things go as expected there should be an opportunity for him to pick up some ... Read More