There’s a version of Oneil Cruz that can break a game with one violent swing. And then there’s the version the Pittsburgh Pirates saw on Sunday — the one that ...

It felt real when Konnor Griffin was grinding through his first taste of the majors — overmatched at times, late on velocity, ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates entered the offseason in desperate need of a third baseman. Ke'Bryan Hayes was offloaded at the 2025 trade deadline in a salary dump, freeing up both the roster spot and money ...

The idea sounds tempting on the surface. Triple-digit velocity. Swing-and-miss stuff. A bullpen that has had its share of uneven moments early in the season. Wh ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates can survive cold stretches at the plate. Most teams do over a 162-game season. What they can’t survive ...

Paul Skenes' Opening Day start against the New York Mets was a nightmare, but we all expected Skenes to bounce back, and he's done exactly that. In his last fiv ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are off to one of their better starts in recent years, riding an imposing pitching staff and a ...

Carmen Mlodzinski didn’t dodge it. He didn’t deflect, didn’t hide behind clichés, didn’t pretend the pattern everyone has ...

Kyle Nicolas was perhaps the quintessential example of a "serviceable" reliever during his time with the . He pitched to a ...

Nobody in baseball makes contact quite like Oneil Cruz, whose raw power has turned 115+ mph exit velocities into something close to routine. But what happened W ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates, at 14-10, are tied for third in the NL Central as of April 23. Their +25 run differential also ranks ...

If only. Those two worlds have frequently preceded the name Oneil Cruz as Pittsburgh Pirates fans and pundits describe the ...