Pirates Name Opening Day Starter

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that pitcher Paul Skenes, last year’s rookie sensation, will be their Opening Day starter. Once again, the Pirates open the 2025 season in Miami against the Marlins.

Spring Training Game #22: Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

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The Pirates are in Bradenton today looking to grab a win today.

Location: LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home today against the Baltimore Orioles looking to grab a win in Spring Training.

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Pirates surprise Paul Skenes with major career news

What a difference a year makes for Paul Skenes.

Pirates pick obvious first-time Opening Day starter

Paul Skenes is the Opening Day starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a first-time distinction for the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year and All-Star Game starter.

Pirates preseason capsule: Paul Skenes leads a potentially stellar rotation

Pittsburgh Pirates 2024 record: 76-86 (5th place, NL Central) He gone: LHP Aroldis Chapman, OF Bryan De La Cruz, C Yasmani Grandal, 1B Connor Joe. New faces: 2B Adam Frazier, LHP Andrew Heaney, 1B Spencer Horwitz, RHP Justin Lawrence, OF Tommy Pham.

Takeaways From the Pirates Spring Breakout Game

Friday’s Spring Breakout Game between the prospects of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies provided a glimpse of the future. Here are one writer’s takeaways from the game, typed up as the game progressed, Jack-Kerouac–On-The-Road style.

Spring Training Game #21: Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

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The Pirates are in Bradenton today looking to grab another win in Spring Training.

Location: LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL

How to Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7

The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home today against the Pittsburgh Pirates looking to grab a win against the Detroit Tigers.

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MLB.com predicts Paul Skenes to win NL Cy Young

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Paul Skenes is also the best option to be the Steelers’ quarterback in 2025.

Widely regarded as one of the best pitching prospects in recent history, Paul Skenes has already made his mark on the league. Last season he had an 11-3 record, won the NL Rookie of the Year Award, and came in third in NL Cy Young voting. With the 2025 season on the horizon, many are already expecting big things from the second...

Spring Training Game #20: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Minnesota Twins

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The Pirates are on the road looking to grab a win today to start Spring Training.

Location: Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers, FL

How to Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7

The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the Minnesota Twins looking to grab a win.

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Impressions From Pirates Spring Training: Part 3

From the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training camp in Bradenton, interesting stories emerge faster than a guy can write about them. Thus, I present Part Three of my “Impressions” series that has gripped the baseball-following public, although as an Impressionist I don’t put myself in the same category as Claude Monet, for example.

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With Spring Trainining already getting close to wrapping up and Opening Day happening in Japan in less than a week and regular games starting on March 27, it’s time to pick your winner of...

Oneil Cruz may actually work as Pirates CF

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The Pittsburgh Pirates will get a full season of Oneil Cruz at center field.

Pittsburgh Pirates star Oneil Cruz is beginning the season as a center fielder for the first time.

The 26-year-old started at shortstop last year, but after defensive struggles at the position, the Pirates opted to move him to center field instead.

Bleacher Report writer Zachary D. Rymer believes Cruz has staying power in center field.

Why Is This Happening?

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Spring Training Game #19: New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

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The Pirates are in Bradenton looking to grab a win today.

Location: LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home today against the New York Yankees looking to grab a win.

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Ke’Bryan Hayes hurt again for Pirates

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The pain doesn’t seem to end for Hayes

Ke’Bryan Hayes’s body continues to let him down. Not even through Spring Training, he has yet another injury concern. Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on Monday that Manager Derek Shelton said that Hayes was experiencing “left side tightness.” Hayes has not played a game since March 5.

However, Shelton said that Hayes fielded ground balls yesterday...

Henry Davis vs. Endy Rodríguez: Who should be Pirates backup catcher?

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The Pittsburgh Pirates could have one roster spot come down to Henry Davis and Endy Rodríguez.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are inching closer to Opening Day, which means that they need to finalize their roster before the season.

A few spots are up for grabs, including the backup catcher role. MLB.com reporter Alex Stumpf delved into the competition between Henry Davis and Endy Rodriguez for the job.

Joey Bart is going to be part of the...

Impressions From Pirates Spring Training: Part 2

Storylines continue developing from the Pirates spring training site since Part One of this series graced your screen last week. Once again, we remind you that spring training performances can often be meaningless.

Spring Training Game #18: Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

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The Pirates are in Bradenton today looking to grab a win today.

Location: LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL

How to Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7

The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home today against the Baltimore Orioles looking to grab a win in Spring Training.

Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.

Pirates Spring Training performer of the week: Catcher Joey Bart

Joey Bart has eight hits so far in Spring Training. | Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images

Bart is on a short list of players to actually benefit from a trade to Pittsburgh.

Joey Bart is the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Spring Training Performer of the Week, as he continues to make his case for being the team’s primary catcher ahead of the regular season.

This week, Bart had at least one hit the four games that he appeared in, with three of the four games ending with him having multiple hits. The...

David Bednar named Pirates X-Factor

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Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar must bounce back for the 2025 season.

Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar had his fair share of struggles last season.

The Pirates looked like a decent team through the first four months of the season, but began to decline midway through the year when Bednar’s struggles were exacerbated.

That’s why Bleacher Report writer Zachary D. Rymer named Bednar the team’s X-Factor going into the 2025 campaign.

If...

Spring Training Game #17: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers

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The Pirates are on the road looking to grab a win today to start Spring Training.

Location: Joker Merchant Field, Lakeland, FL

How to Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7

The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the Detroit Tigers looking to grab a win.

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