Pirates
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12.6KKovacevic: When is too smart actually stupid? When it throws Cole off his game
in BostonPOSTED: 8:40 PM April 3, 2017Someone associated with the Pirates did something really dumb. I know, I know, but at least hear this one all the way out, OK?
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10.0KKovacevic: Following boom and gloom, 17 final thoughts heading into 2017
in BostonPOSTED: 12:44 AM April 3, 2017At 2:05 p.m., Rick Porcello will pitch to Adam Frazier at our nation's most venerable ballpark, and the 131st season for the Pittsburgh Baseball Club will be underway.
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9.5KFriday Insider: Is Glasnow ready? He’s got the gifts, for sure, but …
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 12:01 AM March 31, 2017For all the questions still swirling in the Pirates' camp, even now that they're up in Quebec, the one that continues to tower above all is that of Tyler Glasnow.
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11.2KKovacevic: Ivan Nova’s the Pirates’ most pivotal player … but she was most pivotal in keeping him
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 12:00 AM March 31, 2017His name is Iván Manuel Nova Guance, and my man, he's got it all. He does now, anyway.
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5.7KCole gets tagged, Williams steps up, Polanco delayed … a fittingly vague spring finale
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 5:24 PM March 29, 2017The Pirates packed up, hurriedly but happily, following their Grapefruit League finale, an 8-2 loss to the Phillies at LECOM Park.
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8.2KHughes released, leaving $3 million in dead payroll and heavy hearts
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 1:25 PM March 29, 2017For a franchise that tends to pinch every penny, the Pirates will now open the 2017 season with roughly $3 million in dead payroll.
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And just like that, there goes Hutchison, optioned to Class AAA
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 11:37 AM March 29, 2017After allowing 21 earned runs over his past three Grapefruit League starts, Drew Hutchison was optioned to Triple-A on Wednesday morning.
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12.3KKovacevic: Another Hutchison disaster, more denials of obvious
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 9:24 PM March 28, 2017Drew Hutchison has been an unmitigated disaster for the Pirates this spring. No need to pile on. You've seen it. We've all seen it.
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4.7KBrault’s cut leaves rotation all-righty, but Huntington doesn’t sound worried
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 4:37 PM March 28, 2017It's no surprise that Steven Brault was one of four players cut from the Pirates' major-league camp Tuesday.
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7.4KKovacevic: Why is spring training eternal?
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 3:01 AM March 28, 2017This was Day 40 of spring training, this sunny-like-all-the-rest, same-as-all-the-rest Monday. That's 40, as in four-oh.
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7.1KMoving the pieces so Frazier can lead off … and play second?
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 11:04 PM March 27, 2017Clint Hurdle made up a lineup card Monday until any other this spring, and it appeared to cement that Adam Frazier will be his leadoff man.
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Exclusive: Pirates, Cardinals to play Williamsport
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 10:02 AM March 6, 2017The Pirates and Cardinals are planning to move their Aug. 20 game, originally set for PNC Park, to Williamsport, Pa., a source told DKPittsburghSports.com Monday.
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4.9KWithout Brault, long lefty lineage will break
in Lakeland, Fla.POSTED: 4:09 PM March 2, 2017One can trace the Pirates' lefty lineage all the way back to 1958, a streak of six decades with at least one lefty in the rotation.
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4.4KCartoon Canon: Spanning a century in three frames
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 11:23 PM March 1, 2017The NHL trade deadline is always on the mind this time of year, and I couldn’t resist taking another pass at The Trade that Started It All back in 1991.
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Marte showing real patience? Or a spring mirage?
in Fort Myers, Fla.POSTED: 4:35 PM March 1, 2017Starling Marte took a pitch. Seriously, he watched it go right by. Didn't offer. Didn't even lean.
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5.0KWatson hit hard, chased early, but so what, right?
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 5:14 PM February 28, 2017It's Grapefruit ball. It means next to nothing, but especially in the realm of results. Pitchers are trying stuff, hitters are behind or ahead, blah, blah, blah.
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10.4KKovacevic: Pirates’ first loss a big W for Hurdle
in Dunedin, Fla.POSTED: 12:00 AM February 28, 2017My first day at spring training, for years now, has come with a focus on what's new, what's changed, what might I have missed while covering other teams.