13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (385+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates have already started trimming the fat from their roster ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Dennis Santana was designated for assignment Thursday to make room for newly acquired reliever Ron Marinaccio, and José Urquidy was jettisoned off…...

1+ day, 55+ min ago   (449+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates are cutting it a little close with Derek Curiel. At least, that’s what it looks like from the outside. With the July 27 signing deadline approaching, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft remains unsigned while Pittsburgh…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (431+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates needed a roster spot for catcher Shawn Ross on Friday. Somehow, that routine piece of roster housekeeping ended with them potentially giving away a trade deadline asset for nothing. Ross had his contract selected from Triple-A Indianapolis…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (297+ words) If this were any other recent Pirates season, Pittsburgh’s decision to keep Jared Jones on a tight leash would be perfectly understandable and even applauded. However, the Bucs’ playoff odds are essentially a coin flip, and a potentially dominant starter…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (510+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates’ decision to designate Dennis Santana for assignment Thursday was already notable on its own, but it becomes much more painful when viewed through the lens of David Bednar. Santana was one of Pittsburgh’s best relievers in 2025, posting…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (344+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates finally made a change in their bullpen Thursday, designating Dennis Santana for assignment after a brutal stretch that had become increasingly difficult to justify. Then they replaced him with Ron Marinaccio. So, yes, the Pirates did something....

2+ day, 46+ min ago   (234+ words) Now that it's common knowledge that the Pittsburgh Pirates will spend the days leading up to the trade deadline searching for bullpen help of any kind, it's kind of hard to ignore the fact that the best player who could…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (506+ words) For most of Ben Cherington’s tenure, the Pittsburgh Pirates have treated their prospect capital like something to protect at virtually all costs. That approach may have made sense while they were rebuilding, but it makes considerably less sense now. Termarr…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (455+ words) José Caballero spent Monday night getting under Dennis Santana’s skin. By Wednesday afternoon, the umpires were apparently done letting him test the limits, too. Two days after benches cleared at Yankee Stadium following Santana’s frustration with Caballero’s manipulation of the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (641+ words) At some point, the Paul Skenes-to-the-Yankees discourse has to become embarrassing even for the people manufacturing it. Jon Heyman might have finally reached that point. In his latest New York Post column, Heyman attempted to find a Yankees connection to…...