TORONTO -- Manager Derek Shelton didn’t have any intention of going to his bullpen yet when he walked to the mound at Rogers Centre in the sixth inning. If Mitch Keller had told Shelton he was gassed and needed to be removed after 5 2/3 frames and 103 pitches, Shelton

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TORONTO -- Bailey Falter suspected the hook was coming soon in the bottom of the sixth inning. He had been solid all night, but with two runners on base in a one-run game and plenty of right-handers due up, it was pretty clear Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was his last batter.

DETROIT -- Pirates rookie right-hander Paul Skenes dominated the Tigers with his fastball and splitter -- getting six of nine strikeouts with that pitch -- and collected his second MLB win in Wednesday’s second game of a doubleheader with a 10-2 victory at Comerica Park. Skenes, making his fourth MLB

Lou Gehrig's life and legacy continue to be remembered and celebrated more than 80 years after his passing. Now, baseball fans of all teams have an opportunity to keep his memory alive while also giving hope to those fighting the disease that took his life. Starting Sunday, June 2, to

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The only thing grander than Josh Gibson’s power on a baseball field might have been the stories told about his power. It is believed that in 1930, an 18-year-old Gibson launched a ball that traveled beyond the 457-foot fence in center field at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. There are claims

Bud Black has read the stories. He’s seen the classic clips. The Rockies' manager knows a lot about some of the great baseball players who spent time in the Negro Leagues -- players like Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige. So when Black heard that statistics from the Negro Leagues had

Just a few years ago, the scouting industry and, as a result, those of us who cover the Draft, would just about be in “Go” mode. The recently completed conference tournaments used to be the last looks decision-makers would get at the college crop in a class. Perhaps area scouts

At the beginning of this month, we took a look at the hottest hitting prospects for each team. Now it’s time to shine a light on the arms. Here are the hottest pitching prospects for each organization for the month of May, as of Wednesday. Some have been lights out

With just over six weeks before the Cleveland Guardians make the first selection of the 2024 Draft, MLB Pipeline has a newly expanded, and re-ranked Top 200 Draft prospects list to digest. A lot can happen between now and then in terms of figuring out who goes where, and there

Two months into the 2024 season, no MLB team can say it’s truly at full strength. Every club deals with injuries, and all 30 teams have at least one Major League player on the injured list. Some players are out for the rest of the season, while some are due

PITTSBURGH -- Steve Nicosia remembers the conversation he had with Dave Parker in the summer of 1979 well. The Pirates were approaching the All-Star break, and while they were in the playoff hunt, they still had a lot of ground to make up in the National League East. That didn’t

PITTSBURGH – The Pirates’ starting battery of Martín Pérez and Joey Bart both exited early Sunday afternoon with injuries, putting the game in the hands of their struggling middle relievers. The Braves took advantage of that and managed to avoid the three-game sweep at PNC Park, sending the Bucs to

PITTSBURGH -- Mitch Keller slammed a towel in the Pirates’ dugout Saturday as the grounds crew came out to place the tarp on PNC Park’s diamond. He wasn’t ready to be done for the day, but he was at the mercy of Pittsburgh’s May showers. After the start of the

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PITTSBURGH -- Baseball is, if nothing else, a cyclical game. What goes up must eventually come down, and struggling units will almost surely get going for at least a bit of time. And while the way the Pirates started the year offensively may have seemed to test that baseball truism,

PITTSBURGH -- Coming into the year, the question was whether Henry Davis would play well enough behind the plate to justify keeping his bat in the lineup. It turned out that it was the opposite. His defense was greatly improved, but he wasn’t hitting. The Pirates optioned him to Triple-A

PITTSBURGH -- For the second straight game, the Pirates had a solid pathway to a win, getting a quality start from a rookie starter and a grand slam on offense. And again, they lost, this time squandering six strong innings from No. 2 overall prospect Paul Skenes with another bullpen

PITTSBURGH – On Tuesday, the Pirates completed a large rally in the ninth with the aid of a defensive miscue and some timely hitting against a shaky bullpen to beat the Giants in extra innings. On Wednesday, they returned the favor. A short-manned bullpen could not hold a late lead,

Our latest Starting Pitcher Power Rankings voting featured a battle between three sensational southpaws, each with a viable claim on the top spot but wildly different paths to this point. Our MLB.com panel had to weigh the relative merits of the Cubs’ Shota Imanaga, who has made a triumphant transition