You know it’s getting bad when even Paul Skenes, the rookie pitching phenom, can’t inspire his teammates or Pirates fans. I don’t know about you, but it barely registered in my mind that Skenes would be taking the mound in Game 2 of a three-game weekend series against the Dodgers out in Los Angeles on… read more

Where did you have the bullpen on your bingo card for problems that would help sink the Pirates after the trade deadline? Pittsburgh’s relievers did a lot of heavy lifting when the Diamondbacks took two of three last weekend to open what was said to be a crucial six-game homestand. After a ho-hum 6-0 loss… read more

The Pirates lost to the Padres by a score of 6-0 in the first of a three-game series at PNC Park on Tuesday night. The defeat drops Pittsburgh back down to .500 at 56-56. The Pirates are now four games out of the third wildcard spot in the National League and five behind San Diego,… read more

The mission for the Pirates coming into a three-game weekend series against the Diamondbacks at PNC Park had to be a sweep. With the first postseason tiebreaker now head-to-head matchups (the one-game playoff is a thing of the past thanks to the expanded postseason field), a sweep would have given Pittsburgh a 4-2 edge in… read more

If someone had told you that the Pirates dealt pitcher Martin Perez, a veteran they signed to a one-year, $8 million deal in the offseason, at baseball’s trade deadline, you’d probably say, “Yep, that’s our Buccos.” But the Perez deal was an afterthought by the time Pirates general manager Ben Cherington was done wheeling and… read more

With the MLB deadline fast approaching, the Pirates made two trades on Monday, but neither was of the all-in variety. No, in the afternoon, hours before the Bucs took on the Astros in the first of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park, it was announced that Pittsburgh had sent pitching prospect Quinn Priester to… read more

What’s the next best thing to taking two of three against a team just ahead of you in the wildcard standings? How about avoiding a sweep? Sadly, after losing the first two matchups against the Diamondbacks on Friday and Saturday, respectively, that’s all Pittsburgh could hope for on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. Thankfully, the… read more

As the Pirates took on the Diamondbacks in the first of a three-game weekend series at Chase Field on Friday night, they did so as one of the hottest teams in baseball. Pittsburgh had won 10 of its previous 13 and was just one-and-a-half games out of the third and final wildcard spot in the… read more

Mitch Keller allowed one run over seven innings, while second baseman Nick Gonzales singled to drive in Bryan Reynolds with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Pirates took the first of a crucial three-game series against the Cardinals by a score of 2-1 at PNC Park on Monday night…. read more

The Pirates lost to the Phillies by a score of 6-0 on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park. By escaping Pittsburgh with a victory, Philadelphia avoided a sweep and salvaged the final game of the weekend series. If you had told Pirates fans before the weekend series that Pittsburgh would take two of three from the… read more