MLB Spring Training Reporting Dates, Opening Games
Baseball season is almost here. Here's when your favorite team gets started.
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Baseball season is almost here. Here's when your favorite team gets started.
Here's a positive sign ahead of the start of Spring Training later this month.
Pirates' pitchers and catchers are scheduled to have their first official workout on Friday, Feb. 19.
Get your baseball glove ready and pull out your favorite team's gear, because spring training in Arizona is almost here.
It's time to start thinking about baseball again.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made several roster moves this weekend.
Alex Rodriguez made several nice plays during his second start at first base, and a New York Yankees' splits squad beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 Thursday.
Tony Sanchez secured a spot on the 25-man roster due to an injury to catcher Chris Stewart, who will likely start on the 15-day disabled list. However, Sanchez says he earned the spot.
While so much attention has been on Pedro Alvarez's transition to first and the adjustment there defensively, it would be easy to miss that Alvarez is leading the team in homers (5) and RBI (17) this Spring, along with a .318 average.
Andrew McCutchen had to leave the Pirates' 3-3 tie with Baltimore Wednesday, but it appears he will be ok.
In a matchup of opening-day pitchers, Chris Tillman allowed two runs over five innings while Francisco Liriano gave up one run in three innings as the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates played to a 3-3 tie in 10 innings Wednesday night.
When the Pirates traded reliever Justin Wilson to the Yankees to get a starting catcher, that opened up a spot for a lefty in the bullpen.
Sean Rodriguez is trying to make the Pirates team as a super-utility player and if he does, he can thank his father.
Last year, all eyes were on Andrew Lambo as he had an opportunity to become the Pirates' everyday first baseman. Lambo struggled in Spring Training, and Travis Ishikawa ended up starting Opening Day at first base.
David Price was rocked for seven runs over six innings in his final start of spring training for the Detroit Tigers, a 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
Pirates number one pick Cole Tucker didn't get to bat and only had one ball hit to him in the three innings he played, but that couldn't stop the smile on his face as he appeared in his first Major League Spring Training game in Lakeland, Florida.
Last year, John Holdzkom was one of the best stories in all of baseball. Tuesday morning, the righty reliever found out he's heading to Triple-A.
It's the second time in three years that Jeff Locke begins the season as a Pirates starter. The last time was in 2013 due to injuries to Francisco Liriano and Charlie Morton.
Last year, Vance Worley started some meaningful games down the stretch. Now, Worley will start the year in the bullpen.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, along with GM Kevin Colbert and offensive coordinator Todd Haley attended the Pirates game Monday in Bradenton before heading to Tallahassee.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle named Jeff Locke the fourth starter over Vance Worley on Monday.
It seems like this has become an annual pilgrimage, as Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin visited Bradenton and Pirates Spring Training camp on Monday. On his visits, Tomlin normally has a chuckle with the media, catches up with his pal Clint Hurdle and takes in a workout, game or both. But as he was there on Monday, it got me thinking … what if Tomlin had to, legitimately, select someone out of Pirates camp to take to St. Vincent?
Former Pirate Kevin Young knows the defensive transition Pedro Alvarez is going through. The Pirates hired Young and he has spent all Spring Training as a special assistant helping Alvarez and the other first basemen get ready for the season.
