The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced they have signed shortstop Cole Tucker, who was the 24th overall selection in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Senior Vice President and General Manager Neal Huntington and Pirates Director of Scouting Joe DelliCarri. “Today is another great day in the process of procuring talent for the Pirates organization,” said DelliCarri. “We are excited to be able to have the opportunity to grow and develop the skillsets Cole Tucker ... Read More
Pirates Sign Seven More Draft Picks
The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed the following players from the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Joe DelliCarri, Pirates Director of Scouting. (Round 4) Taylor Gushue - C (6-1/215) University of Florida Affiliate: Jamestown Was named a Second-Team Louisville Slugger All-American in 2014...Also earned All-SEC First-Team honors...Started all 63 games this season for the Gators...Posted a career-best .316 batting average while also leading ... Read More
Pirates feeling the effect from Jameson Taillon injury
There has been a lot of fanfare surrounding the long awaited debut for Pittsburgh Pirates prized prospect Gregory Polanco and it has been well-deserved as not only is Polanco finally in Pittsburgh, he looks like a guy that is going to be manning right field in PNC Park for a long time to come. But he wasn't supposed to come alone. All of the excitement in spring training surrounded not only the future arrival Polanco, but that of Jameson Taillon as well. Given the state of the Pirates ... Read More
Pirates Use Cutch’s Strong Showing to Beat Cubs 4-2
Pittsburgh-- Andrew McCutchen continued his sizzling June leading the Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Cubs on a rainy Wednesday night at PNC Park. McCutchen, who has a slash line of .389/.972/1.422 in nine games this month, added to those power numbers with a 2-2 night with a double, two walks, a home run, a stolen base and two RBI. The Pirates center fielder started the scoring in the first with a two run home run to the left field bleachers. Cubs left fielder Chris Coghlan climbed the ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 6/11: Liriano to the DL, Hurdle Discusses All Star Opportunities
Good afternoon from PNC Park where today the Pirates (30-34) look to bounce back from last night's 7-3 loss to the Cubs (26-36) in the third game of a four-game set. Brandon Cumpton (1-2, 6.51 ERA) will take the hill for the Bucs against Jason Hammel (6-3, 2.53 ERA). DL Update Francisco Liriano has been placed on the 15-Day DL with a left oblique strain. Stolmy Pimentel has been activated from the DL to take his place on the roster. Hurdle on Cole's status: "He threw out to 90 ft [yesterday] ... Read More
Pirates Sign Five Players from the 2014 Draft
The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed the following players from the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Joe DelliCarri, Pirates Director of Scouting. (Round 5) Michael Suchy - OF (6-3/220) Florida Gulf Coast University Assignment: Jamestown Hit .318 with 16 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 10 stolen bases and a career-high 49 RBI in 60 games as a junior this year with Florida Gulf Coast University...Was named First-Team Atlantic Sun All-Conference and to ... Read More
Polanco’s debut both remarkable and raw
Article by Gino Ferretti for Pittsburgh Sporting News No Red Bull, no Miller Lite, no Mountain Dew. Pirates fans needed nothing to jolt themselves out of their seats, and into the sea of cheers that spread around PNC Park for Gregory Polanco, last night. They got all the energy they needed when he glided across the infield diamond, toward right field for the first time. They'll always remember their first taste of El Coffee. The Pirates got to debut their big bazooka on Military ... 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
Pirates Gameday 6/10: Hurdle Discusses the Arrival of Gregory Polanco
Good afternoon from PNC Park where today the wait has ended. Gregory Polanco has arrived in Pittsburgh and will start tonight for the Pirates (30-33) as they take on the Cubs (25-36) in the second game of a four-game set. Francisco Liriano (1-6, 4.54 ERA) will face fellow lefty Travis Wood (5-5, 5.04 ERA). Hurdle's Quotes On tampering Polanco's emotions for his first ML game: "We'll have a small conversation. Similar to the one we had when he came to big league camp. Remind him that, here, ... Read More
What to expect from Gregory Polanco?
It took an appendectomy to Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker for it to finally happen, but the wait is finally over for prized prospect Gregory Polanco and Pirates' fans as Polanco will make his long awaited MLB debut on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs. Since we now know that the Pirates won't wait until 2018 to promote Polanco, the only question remaining is what we should expect from him? It's always difficult predicting the fate of young players, but having gotten the ... Read More