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Byline: Thomas Boswell The biggest winners at the MLB winter meetings this past week were the New York Mets, who signed free agent Juan Soto for 15 years; the Los [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY In the next eight months, so much will change in the run-up to Major League Baseball's 2025 draft. Yet one variable finally is cemented: The [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 11With the eighth overall selection in this year's Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates passed on making a pick. However, in the minor-league portion [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Sep. 7Paul Skenes was still celebrating being chosen first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2023 MLB Draft when he received word that LSU teammate Dylan [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes BALTIMORE - In the immediate aftermath of the chaos, the story of this year's Major League Baseball trade deadline seemed more about the players who were not [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 25After years of stocking their system with prospects through the MLB Draft, international signings and trade-deadline deals, the Pittsburgh Pirates are finally in position to use [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 16A look at the Pittsburgh Pirates' picks on the third day of the MLB Draft: With their first choice Tuesday, at No. 324 overall in the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 16The Pittsburgh Pirates selected 21 players over the past three days of the MLB Draft in hopes of building a stronger farm system with prospects who [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 16Two pitchers from district universities were drafted Tuesday on the third day of the MLB Draft. Seton Hill right-handed pitcher Aidan Layton, a graduate of Bishop [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes FORT WORTH - Shortly after 6 p.m. local time Sunday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred stepped to the podium to open a rare draft in which a first-place [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 15Hempfield's Phil Fox can't remember a time when he didn't want to pitch in professional baseball. 'From the day I was, like, born, I knew I [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 15When cameras showed the celebration inside the Pittsburgh Pirates' war room after they made their first-round pick Sunday night in the MLB Draft, it showed a [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 15A look at the Pittsburgh Pirates' picks on the second day of the MLB Draft: With their first choice, at No. 83 overall in the third [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 14The Pittsburgh Pirates chose another prep shortstop in Wyatt Sanford of Independence, Texas, with the No. 47 overall pick in the second round of the MLB [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 14When the Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Levi Sterling in the MLB Draft, they made it sound as if it was as easy as his delivery. [...]

Byline: Chris Harlan Jul. 14Kansas City Royals scouts came to Mt. Lebanon in April to watch David Shields pitch and stayed around to talk after he struck out 13 batters [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 14The Pittsburgh Pirates chose another prep shortstop in Wyatt Sanford of Independence, Texas, with the No. 47 overall pick in the second round of the MLB [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 13As the Pittsburgh Pirates bask in the buzz that surrounds Paul Skenes, who has gone from No. 1 overall pick to National League starting pitcher in [...]

It's time for the Toronto Blue Jays to restock their minor league system. Amateur scouting director Shane Farrell spoke with media on Wednesday ahead of this weekend's Major League Baseball [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 10Here's the greatest lesson West Virginia's JJ Wetherholt learned or, more accurately, taught himself on his way to becoming a presumptive first-round choice in the MLB [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 6A year after the Pittsburgh Pirates selected a generational talent in Paul Skenes with the No. 1 overall pick, general manager Ben Cherington had different reason [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY The Men's College World Series is always a feast for the prospect-hungry eye, and this year's group of eight clubs fighting it out in Omaha, [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY When Major League Baseball pushed its annual draft back five weeks to coincide with the All-Star Game, the hope was to generate more attention for [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman May 9When searching for comparisons to Paul Skenes and his 10-month path from being selected with the No. 1 overall pick to making his first start in [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero May 9The excitement surrounding a No. 1 overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates has arguably never been higher, with pitcher Paul Skenes earning his much-anticipated call-up to [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Apr. 3Coach Jeff Capel confronted the worst outcome of Pitt basketball's offseason Wednesday when he sat next to freshman guard Bub Carrington while he announced he was [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 6MLB Pipeline has Paul Skenes as the No. 1 prospect for the Pittsburgh Pirates in its updated top 30 rankings and moved shortstop/third baseman Jack Brannigan [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 6The Pittsburgh Pirates passed on making a pick in the major-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday at the winter meetings in Nashville but [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 14The Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Braxton Ashcraft and middle infielder Tsung-Che Chung to their 40-man roster Tuesday, protecting a pair of top-10 prospects from the [...]

Byline: Bill Beckner Jul. 12When pitcher Kevin Vaupel was selected in the 16th round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday, he joined a list of Seton Hill alumni who have [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 12After the Pittsburgh Pirates won the inaugural lottery for the No.1 overall pick in the MLB Draft, general manager Ben Cherington intentionally decided not to see [...]

Byline: Bill Beckner Jul. 12When pitcher Kevin Vaupel was selected in the 16th round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday, he joined a list of Seton Hill alumni who have [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY LSU made history. The Pittsburgh Pirates decided there's no time to waste. A bushel of elite talent, with dreams deferred from 2020, cashed in. Day [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 11South Park graduate Kevin Vaupel, a left-handed starter at Seton Hill, was chosen by the Miami Marlins in the 16th round (No. 473 overall) of the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 11After striking out 57 batters in 39 2/3 innings this season, Penn State right-handed pitcher Daniel Ouderkirk was chosen Tuesday in the 18th round of the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 11Pitt right-handed pitchers Logan Evans and Dylan Simmons were chosen Tuesday in the 12th round by the Seattle Mariners and 15th round by the Cincinnati Reds [...]

Byline: Chris Harlan Jul. 11Brownsville maybe isn't a familiar stop for some MLB scouts, but the Oakland A's visited multiple times this spring to see senior outfielder Derrick Tarpley. Other [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 11Leading up to the MLB Draft, there was speculation that the Pittsburgh Pirates would bypass the top two prospects in favor of someone who would sign [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 11When the Pittsburgh Pirates owned the No. 1 overall pick in 2021, they employed a strategy to sign Louisville catcher Henry Davis to a below-slot bonus [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto Blue Jays selected two Canadians on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft. Toronto took University of Michigan left-hander Connor O'Halloran, from [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 10After the Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Carlson Reed in the fourth round of the MLB Draft, his teammate, junior outfielder Braden Barry, went to the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 10Penn State shortstop Jay Harry was chosen Monday by the Minnesota Twins in the sixth round (No. 177 overall) of the MLB Draft. He is the [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Oregon State first baseman Garret Forrester in the third round of the MLB Draft, adding a slugger at a position of need [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10The Pittsburgh Pirates loaded up on college players Monday on the second day of the MLB Draft, selecting a slugger in the third round followed by [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Vanderbilt right-hander Patrick Reilly in the fifth round of the MLB Draft on Monday, adding a reliever with high strikeout and walk [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10The Pittsburgh Pirates selected West Virginia right-hander Carlson Reed in the fourth round of the MLB Draft on Monday afternoon, adding a pitcher who has been [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10Paul Skenes already was college baseball's best two-way player when he made what he calls the hardest decision of his life, leaving the U.S. Air Force [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes SEATTLE - For the first time in the history of the MLB draft, the top two picks came from the same school. That school, LSU, just won [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 9The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Michigan State shortstop Mitch Jebb in the second round of the MLB Draft on Sunday night in Seattle. Jebb, 21, batted .337/.438/.495 [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 9The Pittsburgh Pirates selected LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft on Sunday night in Seattle. It was the [...]