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Giants smoke Pirates in Charlie Morton’s return to the big leagues

It traditionally takes pitchers anywhere from 12 to 18 months to fully recover from Tommy John surgery, which replaces the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow. Judging by that timeline, Pittsburgh Pirates…Read More

Pirates’ Charlie Morton likely to start Thursday vs. Giants

With top prospect Gerrit Cole earning a promotion to the big roster to make his major league debut Tuesday night against the Giants, he might not be the only new face in the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates’ James McDonald sharp in latest rehab start

The latest injury to Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jeanmar Gomez has opened the door for someone to step up and potentially play a major role for the time being. The Pirates won’t need a fifth…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates place Gomez on DL; recall Reid, Hughes

With their bullpen depleted after Sunday’s dramatic come from behind win against the Cincinnati Reds, it was all but a certainty that the Pittsburgh Pirates would make some roster moves before their…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates: Does Jeff Locke belong in the Bucs rotation the rest of the year?

Reinforcements are on their way for the Pittsburgh Pirates starting rotation as both Francisco Liriano and Charlie Morton are performing well in rehab stints and will be rejoining the big club sometime…Read More

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Pittsburgh Pirates Report: Walking the plank for the first time

This will be my first in a weekly series of ruminations about the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the week in…Read More

Who should the Pirates tender at upcoming deadline?

The Major League Baseball offseason is littered with deadlines and a big one comes up Friday at midnight,…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Lose Charlie Morton to Torn Elbow Ligament

After losing back-to-back games in Baltimore, the Pittsburgh Pirates received some more bad news today…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Notebook: Bucs Acquire Casey McGehee

Late Monday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates continued to be busy this offseason when they jumped on the…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Notebook: Morton Undergoes Surgery, Maholm’s Days Are Done

I wanted to have my grades on the pitching staff out by today, but that will likely have to wait until…Read More

Alvarez, Pirates find oasis in September desert

by Matt Gajtka After getting embarrassed in losing three straight games in Los Angeles and dropping the…Read More

Pirates Bad Luck String Continues at the House of Horrors

by Matt Shetler Only in Milwaukee. Only at Miller Park. Actually that says more than enough for the Pittsburgh…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Staff Comes Back to Earth

by Matt Shetler It appeared when the trading deadline approached, Pittsburgh Pirates General manager…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates: Could a Six-Man Rotation be the Answer?

by Matt Shetler It’s borderline comical that for the last 18 seasons, the only thing that Pittsburgh…Read More

Pending Pirates “winter” may be unavoidable

by Matt Gajtka Christmas in July was last week, but that’s not why the hashtag #WinterIsComing…Read More