LOS ANGELES — The Pirates arrived in California on Wednesday knowing they’d need a strong showing against the Dodgers, not only to kickstart their longest road trip of the season but to spark a badly needed hot streak over the final weeks or so. While general manager Ben Cherington before

LOS ANGELES -- The start of Saturday’s game could not have gone much better for the Pirates. They scored three runs off Tarik Skubal in the first. Jared Jones buzzed through a stacked Dodgers lineup while pitching in his hometown ballpark for the first time. Despite plenty of momentum early,

LOS ANGELES — Now, here comes the hard part. Friday night against the Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto was theoretically the soft spot in this series, the one game where the Pirates didn’t have to face a two-time Cy Young Award winner.

LOS ANGELES -- Like many kids growing up in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Jake Mangum collected Pokémon trading cards and played the popular Nintendo Game Boy video games.

LOS ANGELES — While it’s something he’d certainly like to delay for as long as possible, Brandon Lowe knows what he'll be doing on the first day of the off-season. He’ll be buying a tractor with his son, Emmett. In the meantime, the impending adventure will compromise part of Lowe's

This story was excerpted from Aiden Stepansky's Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

This page will be updated throughout the year with the latest Pirates injury news and transactions.

LOS ANGELES — When Pirates and players first examined the 2026 schedule last August, this pocket was hard to ignore. Nine games in 11 days, including six against NL West heavyweights in the Dodgers and Padres, plus ending a month where the Pirates play 18 of 27 on the road.

Unless you were hiding under a baseball rock last week, you noticed Cardinals’ prospect Joshua Báez made his big league debut against the Cubs in Chicago last Saturday. All he did was make history by becoming the first player in Major League history to homer in his first three plate

PITTSBURGH – All Brandon Lowe could do was pray and watch. The veteran second baseman belted a fly ball to deep right field in the bottom of the ninth, with the game tied and likely future Hall of Fame closer Kenley Jansen on the mound. As the ball floated down

With the Pirates trailing by two and their season teetering on Wednesday afternoon, Rafael Flores Jr. calmly grabbed a bat and jogged upstairs to the batting cages adjacent to the service tunnel in the bowels of PNC Park. As Flores worked to get loose and calibrate his swing, there's no

PITTSBURGH -- The negative noise around the Pirates’ ace had never been louder. Former No. 1 pick Paul Skenes hasn’t replicated the historic success of his first two Major League seasons. After a 65-pitch outing in Miami, Pittsburgh opted to give Skenes seven days before his next start, pushing him

The Pirates on Wednesday acquired catcher Christian Bethancourt from the Yankees in exchange for cash considerations. Bethancourt, who was assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis after being acquired, is expected to join Pittsburgh’s Major League taxi squad in Los Angeles this weekend. Bethancourt was not on the Yankees' 40-man roster, which is

PITTSBURGH -- Few players in the world can replicate the power Oneil Cruz produces. In his first game back off the 60-day injured list, Cruz showed off that power with a two-run shot in the fifth inning to give the Pirates a lead in their 4-1 win over the Tigers

It’s almost like Braxton Ashcraft’s previous start, his complete-game gem, never ended. He just saved his progress, flew home from Miami and resumed the game Tuesday with the Tigers in town. It sure must have felt like as video game for Rafael Flores Jr., who was once again behind the

PITTSBURGH – Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin is progressing in his return from the 60-day injured list. The 20-year-old shortstop is no longer wearing a splint on his left ring finger after a checkup with the team’s hand specialist and orthopedic surgeon, and he’ll head to Bradenton, Fla., when the Pirates

This story was excerpted from Aiden Stepansky's Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH -- At 30 years old, Jake Mangum had not received an opportunity quite like this one. The Mets' 2019 fourth-round pick took five Minor League seasons to make the Majors, debuting for the Rays in 2025. After joining Pittsburgh in an offseason trade from Tampa Bay, Mangum became an

When the Pirates have shown signs of pulling themselves off the mat in the second half, starting pitching has been arguably been their biggest aid. Yet when they’ve struggled, that aspect has usually been the primary culprit. After taking two of three from the Red Sox over the weekend and

We just revamped all of our prospect lists at MLB Pipeline. The overall Top 100 always draws the most attention, and fans from each team flock to our organization Top 30s. We also compile positional Top 10s, ranking the top talents among catchers, first basemen, second basemen, third basemen, shortstops,

PITTSBURGH -- Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz was activated off the 60-day injured list ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Tigers at PNC Park. He was not in the starting lineup as Pittsburgh takes on left-handed starter Framber Valdez, and did not play in the 8-5 loss. Cruz has

Don Kelly started to really see the change last year, the comfortability and command, the brick wall behind home plate, the throws whizzing down to second base. But in 2026, Henry Davis has taken his defense to another level, one that could make him the Pirates’ fourth Gold Glove catcher

The Prospect Team of the Week is our space at MLB Pipeline to honor the top performers around the Minor Leagues. Per our rules, Minor League players must be ranked among their club's Top 30 prospects on Pipeline's lists to be eligible for the honors. Sometimes, of course, a non-ranked