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Byline: Justin Guerriero Jul. 6Ryan Borucki was one strike away from getting the job done. With two outs, a pair of runners on and the Milwaukee Brewers threatening to score [...]

Byline: John Feinstein Drew Storen was never your typical Major League Baseball player. He always saw playing in the majors as a privilege, not a right, and believed it was [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 5Luis Ortiz, who has made 10 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates but recently ran into hard times, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday. Ortiz (2-3) [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 2Mitch Keller had put the possibility of being selected to the All-Star Game in the far reaches of his mind, focusing instead on allowing his hard [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Jun. 30Suggesting that the Pittsburgh Pirates will draft LSU pitcher Paul Skenes with Major League Baseball's top draft pick next month has become an increasingly popular opinion. [...]

Evan Phillips doesn't have the name recognition of some other closers, but his devastating sweeper is a secret weapon for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Quality relievers come from everywhere. Consider [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Jun. 12By collecting his 2,000th career hit, Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen provided Sunday afternoon's biggest moment. However, it was Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller who provided [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga If you root for the Washington Nationals, you should root against the LSU Tigers. The connection is this: The Nationals own the second pick in next month's [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jun. 8Colin Holderman chats amicably with all who pass his locker cubicle looking to engage in conversation. But that's only one side of the Pittsburgh Pirates relief [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg MLB futures markets can be fertile ground for finding betting value, especially with end-of-season awards markets like the MVP, rookie of the year and Cy Young winners. [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty LOS ANGELES - Thaddeus Ward worked two scoreless innings at Dodger Stadium on Monday night, retiring each of the six batters he faced. And that means there's [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola May 15Mitch Keller became the second Pittsburgh Pirates player this season named National League Player of the Week, joining outfielder Bryan Reynolds, who was so honored last [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola May 15The Pittsburgh Pirates have a .154 winning percentage since the last day of April, but look at those standings: They are only 1 1/2 games behind [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Apr. 18Rich Hill had thrown 94 pitches through five innings and had a double-digit lead when Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton sent the 43-year-old left-hander out to [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 26From the outset of spring training, Mitch Keller made no secret of his goals for this season. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander wanted to be the Opening [...]

Among the American League's most promising young pitchers, Cleveland's Triston McKenzie and Seattle's Logan Gilbert stand out as Cy Young Award candidates. PHOENIX -- Triston McKenzie and Logan Gilbert both [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 23Tyler Chatwood was finishing his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery when he threw a bullpen session at Arizona State for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his first audition before [...]

Stephen Vogt, Seattle's new bullpen coach, caught 6,000 innings in pro ball and came away with keen insights on the colorful pitchers he worked with along the way. TEMPE, Ariz. [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 14Now that he's healthy and has added to his arsenal, Colin Holderman wants to prove to the Pittsburgh Pirates that he belongs in the back end [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Matt Cronin was a sophomore at Arkansas when he first heard the comparisons - that his fastball looked like Sean Doolittle's. Both [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 3Chase De Jong arrived in Bradenton last year as a nonroster invitee coming off season-ending knee surgery and making the move from the starting rotation of [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 1BRADENTON, Fla. Luis Ortiz focused on throwing four-seam fastballs against Baltimore lefty Franchy Cordero, falling behind in the count after failing to find the strike zone [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Feb. 23BRADENTON, Fla. Mitch Keller made it his goal to be the starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day in Cincinnati, and the right-hander will [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Feb. 13When it comes to the Pittsburgh Pirates' bullpen, Derek Shelton won't divulge defined roles. The Pirates manager has refused to call David Bednar the team's closer, [...]

When pitchers and catchers report next month, the Mets will get a look at Kodai Senga's signature pitch: the ghost fork. Those who have seen it say it delivers on [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 18During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Bryse [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 16During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Bryse [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 3During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Bryse [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 2During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 28During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 26During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 24During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 23During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 9During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA - Cristian Javier was no secret. You don't pitch seven no-hit innings in Yankee Stadium, strike out 194 batters in less than 150 innings, [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty After a packed first round - a three-day stretch last weekend that included a 15-inning game, a seven-run comeback and an umpire rubbing a pitcher's ears during [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY The charismatic slugger is lapping the field in production, threatening records, and achieving at a level that forces the baseball aficionado to hunt through grainy [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty ST. LOUIS - Paolo Espino is nearing the wrong kind of history in a stat he shouldn't, and really doesn't, care much about. But in all the [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty When Cade Cavalli was a junior at Bixby High School in Oklahoma in 2016, he noticed a left-handed freshman at one of the first varsity practices. The [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Sep. 1Johan Oviedo, the 24-year-old right-handed pitcher acquired from St. Louis in the Jose Quintana trade, will make his Pittsburgh Pirates debut when he starts Friday night [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Aug. 4Heading into a start on the road against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, Mitch Keller is navigating uncharted waters as an MLB pitcher. Keller ended the [...]

Byline: Scott Allen Pittsburgh Pirates TV play-by-play man Greg Brown didn't hide his disdain earlier this month after Pirates Manager Derek Shelton, with his bullpen overworked and his team in [...]

A new documentary explores the unique challenge of facing Ryan, the game's most prolific strikeout artist, but also shows off a gentler version of the Ryan Express. Like the Beatles [...]

Byline: Scott Allen In 1985, John Lowe, a 26-year-old sportswriter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, invented a statistic meant to measure a starting pitcher's efficacy. The starter would be awarded a [...]

Tony Gonsolin and Tyler Anderson -- combined record: 17-0 -- are the latest gambles to pay off for an organization that knows how to find what works. CINCINNATI -- No [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Reliever Matt Cronin has pitched on 14 dates for the Class AA Harrisburg Senators this spring. The whole list -- April 9, April 14, April 17, April [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Reliever Matt Cronin has pitched on 14 dates for the Class AA Harrisburg Senators this spring. The whole list - April 9, April 14, April 17, April [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola May 23The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up Triple-A pitcher Yerry De Los Santos in hopes of supporting a struggling staff. The news first was reported by MLB [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore BALTIMORE - In an uncertain moment this winter, Nestor Cortes called Matt Blake, the New York Yankees' pitching coach. Cortes had pitched to a sub-3.00 ERA over [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY BALTIMORE - He is the best pitcher in the American League right now and, less than two years removed from searching for a job, is [...]