The Pittsburgh Pirates selected RHP Mitch Keller (6-foot-3, 200 LB) out of Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, IA) with their third pick (#64 overall) and RHP Trey Supak (6-foot-5, 210 LB) out of La Grange High School (La Grange, TX) with their fourth pick (#73 overall) to end their first day of picking at the 2014 MLB Draft. Keller is the 69th rated player in this years class by MLB.com and has a fastball that stays steady in the low-90's topping off at 95 sometimes. His Curve has a chance of ... Read More
Pirates Select OF/C Connor Joe With Their Second Pick of the 2014 MLB Draft
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected OF/C Connor Joe (6-foot-0, 205 LB) from the University of San Diego with their second pick (#39 overall) of the 2014 MLB Draft. The right-handed-hitting Joe hit .367 (80-for-218) with 21 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 51 RBI in 53 games during his junior year at the University of San Diego this past season. He led the team in home runs and RBI. Joe Played and started in 61 games as the USD everyday first baseman... helped lead the team to the West ... Read More
Pirates Select SS Cole Tucker With Their First Pick of the 2014 MLB Draft
The Pittsburgh Pirates have selected SS Cole Tucker (6-foot-3, 165 LB) from Mountain Pointe High School (Pheonix, AZ) with their first round pick (#24 overall) in the 2014 MLB Draft. Tucker played on Team USA in the 18U World Cup winning gold for the red, white and blue. He is a switch hitter who hit .404 (34-for-84) with eight doubles, four triples, five home runs, 30 RBI and 13 stolen bases this season and has much room to improve as Clint Longenecker of Baseball America writes. "The ... Read More
Cole Solid, Homers Propel Bucs Past Padres 4-1
Gerrit Cole went 5 2/3 innings of four-hit ball and Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker provided long-balls as the Pirates (28-30) defeated the Padres (26-33) 4-1 on Tuesday night. Cole allowed a single hit -- a two out double by Will Venable in the second inning -- through 5 2/3 innings before getting into a bit of trouble. Chase Headley, Seth Smith and Yonder Alonso all singled to bring across the Padres only run knocking Cole from the game. Jared Hughes then came in and got a nice backhand play ... Read More
Mercer Leads Bucs to 10-3 Win Over Padres
Jordy Mercer's 4-for-5 night paced a high-powered Pirate offense as the black and gold posted 16 hits in a 10-3 drubbing of the San Diego Padres on Monday night. Mercer -- 4-for-5 with a HR, 3 1B, BB, 2 RBI and 4 runs -- started the scoring in the third inning off of Padres starter Tim Stauffer with an upper-deck solo home run to left. The Pirates then loaded the bases allowing Ike Davis to hit a sac fly to make it 2-0. Stauffer followed that by walking Russell Martin chasing him from the game ... Read More
Cutch Shines in National Spotlight, Bucs Win 5-3
Andrew McCutchen showed the nation why he was last years NL MVP going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and a nice sliding catch on defense as the Pirates (26-30) defeated the Dodgers (30-28) 5-3 on Sunday night in front of a National ESPN audience. McCutchen started things off for the Pirates in the first hitting a two-out double off of the left field wall. Ike Davis and Russell Martin followed with walks to load the bases. Dodgers starter Zach Greinke was clearly flustered with the strike ... Read More
Pirates Claim Obispo Off Waivers from Braves
The Pittsburgh Pirates today claimed right-handed pitcher Wirfin Obispo off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. Obispo will be optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior Vice President, General Manager Neal Huntington. Obispo went 2-1 with a 4.66 ERA (19 1/3 IN/10 ER), 12 walks and 21 strikeouts in 19 relief appearances this year with Triple-A Gwinnett. He began the year by not allowing a run in each of his first seven appearances (8 2/3 IN). The ... Read More
Bryan Morris Traded to Marlins
The Pittsburgh Pirates today traded right-handed pitcher Bryan Morris to the Miami Marlins. In exchange for Morris, Pittsburgh will receive Miami’s 39th overall selection (competitive balance A) in this year’s First-Year Player Draft on Thursday. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior Vice President, General Manager Neal Huntington. Morris was 4-0 with a 3.80 ERA in 23 2/3 IN with the Pirates while striking out 14 and walking 12. In three years with the club, Morris is 9-7 with a 3.46 ... Read More
Mental Mistakes Lead to Dodgers Blowout
Brandon Cumpton couldn't recover from key defensive errors in the third inning as the Dodgers took advantage to put up 11 runs (10 earned) off of Cumpton in the third and fourth innings leading to a Dodger 12-2 victory over the Pirates on Saturday night. After allowing two first inning two-out RBI singles to Hanley Ramirez and Matt Kemp, Cumpton retired the next four hitters and seemed to have gotten into a grove. That would be short lived though, as Andre Ethier sent a fly ball to the ... Read More
Harrison Humbled To Be In Pittsburgh
Josh Harrison has been a utility piece for the Pirates over the past couple of years, but he's now making the case to be an everyday player. Harrison has shined this year in right field and the lead-off spot after Travis Snider and Jose Tabata failed to consistently produce in their times at the position. Through 39 games, Harrison has put up a career-high .278/.320/.774 line with four doubles, two triples, three home runs and 10 RBI. His calm demeanor can be attributed to a one day at a ... Read More