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The Pirates are opening the regular season on the road today against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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The Pirates are opening the regular season on the road today against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
The short sleeve days in the Florida sunshine are over and the battles for spots on the roster just about done; now it's time for long sleeves and baseball that counts.
The Pittsburgh Pirates open the season Monday in Boston, but when they come home, PNC Park will be ready for its 17th season of baseball.
As the Pirates took the field at LECOM Park Wednesday, for the last time this spring, a second game was playing out just behind the right field wall.
The language of baseball is universal, but inside the Pittsburgh Pirates' clubhouse you never know what you're going to hear.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle described the release of reliever Jared Hughes on Wednesday on of the hardest decisions he's ever had to make.
Pirates are down to Trevor Williams and Tyler Glasnow for the final rotation spot after Drew Hutchinson was optioned to Triple A Indianapolis on Wednesday. The move comes following giving up nine runs in his final Spring Training start, raising his Spring ERA to 10.02.
Saying this current team has a "We Are Family" atmosphere around it, former Pirate great Rennie Stennett expects an exciting year for the Pirates.
Amidst the sounds of Spring Training baseball, listen closely on the fields in Bradenton, Florida, and you might just hear singing.
The World Baseball Classic changed the complexion of Spring Training this year as it took some of the biggest names in the game out of camp.
The Bucs made four roster moves Tuesday including eliminating one of those battling to be the fifth starter.
The 33 year-old Jaso converted from catcher to first baseman last year with amazing results. A .994 fielding percentage (5 errors in 800 chances) after Jaso worked during the off-season and then intensely with former Bucs gold glove first baseman Kevin Young during 2016 camp.
Spring Training is wrapping up in Bradenton, Florida, and with the Home Opener now in sight, it's crunch time for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pirates moved one of their biggest names Monday, yet it was not a surprise as the roster gets closer to 25. Baseball America's top Pirates prospect Austin Meadows was reassigned to the minors after a prolonged stay in Major League Camp.
The first Pirates rule 5 pick since Gustavo Nunez in 2011, 6'6" Tyler Webb is trying to find his role in a bullpen full of lefties.
Jacob Stallings says he'll be ready if called upon this year after getting his first taste of the Majors last year.
Pirates President Frank Coonelly says he thinks Jung Ho Kang will play for the Pirates this year.
Manager Clint Hurdle offered an assessment of the ongoing competition to be the Pirates' fifth starter.
Amid a Korean report that Jung-Ho Kang's visa request was denied by the US Government, the reality hit home again at Pirate camp that they will need a third baseman to start the year.
Reports out of Korea indicate that Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang may not play this season.
With all of the candidates likely getting one more start in Florida, Drew Hutchison struggled in his bid to be the Pirates fifth starter, giving up six runs on 10 hits in four and two-thirds innings as the Red Sox won 10-7 on Thursday.
"We're pretty much there," GM Neal Huntington said of the deadline when Jung-Ho Kang would need to be in camp to play. "The reality is as hard as he's working, to think that we will be able to get him ready to go in 7-10 days is unrealistic."
Marcus Stroman tossed six hitless innings, Ian Kinsler slugged a two-run homer and the United States routed Puerto Rico 8-0 on Wednesday night to win its first World Baseball Classic in four tries.
With one week left in Florida, five quick impressions of Pirates camp.
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