Kevin Gorman stories, Page 82

There wasn’t much promise in the post-trade deadline Pittsburgh Pirates, and they didn’t make any after dealing away their All-Star second baseman, a starting pitcher and three relievers, including the closer. The Pirates won their final two games of July to finish the month with an 11-14 record, their best...

JT Brubaker watched in disbelief as the ball sailed over the left field wall at Dodger Stadium, courtesy of Max Muncy muscling a sinker on the outside corner only four pitches into the bottom of the first inning. It was the first of four home runs the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Lefty reliever Sam Howard started his minor-league rehabilitation assignment, but right-hander Chad Kuhl and outfielder Anthony Alford are on track to return to the Pittsburgh Pirates first. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Kuhl (3-6, 4.43 ERA in 14 starts), who went on the covid-19 injured list Aug....

Derek Shelton never considered benching Rodolfo Castro for his baserunning blunder against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. Instead, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager treated it as a teaching moment. When Castro failed to tag up at third on a Hoy Park lineout to left field, Shelton didn’t hesitate to note...

Wil Crowe was looking to get the Los Angeles Dodgers to make soft contact, a game plan that was working for the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander. What went wrong is how the ball kept landing in gaps. The Dodgers hit leadoff doubles in four of the first eight innings on their...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Ben Cherington as general manager, he made the acquisition of talent his top priority. Through trades and the draft, Cherington has his fingerprints all over their foundational rebuild. Where the Pirates have plodded through this season with one of the worst records in majors, their...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made three mistakes that proved costly against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and only two of them came on swings by left-handed batters against lefty relievers. A baserunning gaffe by Rodolfo Castro, who failed to tag up at third, prevented the Pirates from scoring a run in the...

The Pittsburgh Pirates officially signed Yoshi Tsutsugo to a major league deal and made the first baseman/outfielder active for Monday’s game at the Los Angeles Dodgers. To make room on the roster for Tsutsugo, the Pirates on Monday designated outfielder Ka’ai Tom and first baseman John Nogowski for assignment. Tsutsugo...

After being blasted for 19 hits by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, the Milwaukee Brewers answered with a double-digit hit show in the nightcap. The Brewers belted 12 hits, including home runs by Rowdy Tellez and Avisail Garcia, in a 6-0 win in the...

Ben Cherington will be wielding a double-edged sword when it comes to promoting prospects in September, even though the Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in seeing some of their newly acquired talent. MLB rules changes have limited roster expansion from 26 players to 28, instead of the previous allowance of any...

The Pittsburgh Pirates postponed Friday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park because of inclement weather expected throughout the evening. The Pirates (41-74) and Brewers (70-46) will play a split seven-inning doubleheader Saturday. Pirates right-hander Bryse Wilson(0-2, 3.27 ERA) will face Brewers lefty Brett Anderson (4-5, 3.54) in...

Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington defended the club’s decision to continue starting Gregory Polanco in right field despite his inconsistency at the plate as they undergo a youth movement. Polanco, who turns 30 on Sept. 14, was batting .199 with a .630 OPS entering Friday’s game against the Milwaukee...

Things looked bleak for the Pittsburgh Pirates amid an eight-game losing streak after being swept in back-to-back series against NL Central foes, so a visit from the first-place Milwaukee Brewers to PNC Park didn’t do much to improve their outlook. If general manager Ben Cherington was looking for a positive...

Henry Davis, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, has bounced over Low-A Bradenton and is headed straight to the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers to start his professional career. The Pittsburgh Pirates assigned the 6-foot-2, 210-pound catcher, who signed for a $6.5 million bonus, to Greensboro on Thursday...

The Pittsburgh Pirates recorded only three hits and three walks in their previous two games against the St. Louis Cardinals, so anything that put a runner on base would pass as progress for their offense. The search for a promising sign started when Colin Moran homered twice and continued with...

When Harrison Bader roped a line drive to lead off the fifth inning Wednesday night at PNC Park, Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Anthony Alford saw it as an opportunity to put his athleticism on full display. Alford sprinted to his right and stretched out to make a diving catch to...

To say Adam Wainwright was ruthless in his efficiency against the Pittsburgh Pirates isn’t solely a statement about the pitching of the St. Louis Cardinals starter. Wainwright got as many hits as he allowed. Not only did the 39-year-old right-hander toss a two-hit shutout, he helped his cause at the...

Sam Howard threw a live batting practice session at PNC Park on Wednesday afternoon, what Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton called the “first good step” for the lefty reliever’s return. Howard (2-2, 5.76 ERA) has been out since July 13 with a right oblique strain, leaving the Pirates down two...

Hoy Park is nothing if not humble, yet he couldn’t help but needle one of his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates after hitting the first home run of his major-league career. After Park sent J.A. Happ’s four-seam fastball 379 feet into the right-field seats in the fourth inning — the Pirates’ only...

The last time the Pittsburgh Pirates faced J.A. Happ, the 38-year-old left-hander flirted with history by taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Jacob Stallings broke it up. That was on April 23 at Target Field, when Happ was pitching for the Minnesota Twins. Nearly four months later, after...

Derek Shelton warned the Pittsburgh Pirates changes were coming, giving players new opportunities over the final 50 games of the season. That explains why Hoy Park is getting a long look at the leadoff spot and making his first start at second base, and Anthony Alford was batting cleanup Tuesday...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates fired Neal Huntington, Kevan Graves served as the interim general manager while they searched for a successor. Once Ben Cherington was hired, Graves moved into a role he describes as driving professional evaluation and acquisition efforts. Talk about a job with a safety net. The Pirates...

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds conducted the last thing expected from the NL Central Division rivals, given their lopsided outcomes this season. Bryse Wilson and Tyler Mahle engaged in a pitcher’s duel, combining for 17 strikeouts and only one walk. Mahle won that battle, despite giving up the game’s...

Jesse Winker already had done damage against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with an RBI double to start a three-run rally in the third inning and a two-run single in the sixth. The Cincinnati Reds All-Star outfielder crushed a three-run homer with an exit velocity in triple digits to put the score...