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Losing to the Yankees stinks, but it doesn't compare to what we saw a decade ago.

Red Sox fans only know half the pain that Pirates fans do after another postseason flameout

October 1 will always mean something different in Pittsburgh. Thirteen years ago today, PNC Park shook. It shook with 40,000-plus fans who had waited more than

Pirates ownership has spent 13 years turning the ‘Cueto’ game from a beginning into a relic

A huge improvement still wasn't enough this season.

Pirates finally fixed baseball’s most embarrassing offense, raising the stakes for 2027

Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said virtually everything fans could want to hear about Brandon Lowe, but he also said one thing that should m

Ben Cherington’s Brandon Lowe comments already sound like Pirates are preparing an excuse

If you want a perfect illustration of everything wrong with the Pittsburgh Pirates' roster construction under general manager Ben Cherington, look no further th

Ben Cherington's biggest Pirates roster failures are hiding in plain sight on playoff benches

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Wild Card Game 2 Slate Recap ✍️

3 out of 4 matchups officially set. Results and top highlights from each Wednesday game 📲

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Kevin Gausman, Shota Imanaga's Top Suitors 🛬

Where Cubs' top SP free agents could end up signing ➡️

There are few things more frustrating for Pittsburgh Pirates fans than watching other fan bases take October baseball for granted. But the Houston Astros might

Astros fans are booing what Pirates fans have spent decades begging for

MLB Postseason Buzz 👂

🎯 Wild Card picks 👀 Manager situations 📳 LIVE with insider Jon Heyman

The Pittsburgh Pirates may be watching the MLB postseason from home for the 11th consecutive year, but one of their former pitchers just delivered one of Octobe

Former Pirate Joe Musgrove had an unforgettable playoff moment nearly two years in the making

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ best month of the 2026 season came too late to salvage their playoff aspirations, but it produced a fitting pair of individual honors. J

Pirates’ September award sweep makes one offseason need impossible to ignore

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Pirates Prospect update: Seth Hernandez named top MLB Prospect in FSL

The Pirates’ top prospect is atop the Florida State League!

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5 Teams That Can Dethrone the Dodgers

Analyzing which squads have the best chance to beat reigning champions 📲

Time to turn that dominance into wins.

Pirates’ record-setting strikeout total exposes clear next step for pitching staff

The Pittsburgh Pirates aren't expected to make sweeping changes to Don Kelly's coaching staff this offseason. That doesn't necessarily mean the group will remai

Mariners managerial search could leave Pirates scrambling for replacement on Don Kelly's staff

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Wild Card Game 1 Slate Recap ✍️

Results and top highlights from all of Tuesday's matchups 📲

The Pittsburgh Pirates don't have a particularly long list of major league free agents this offseason. They do, however, have one decision that could tell us a

Complete list of Pirates 2026-27 free agents and their outlook

Ben Cherington expects to be back for an eighth season as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. At this point, does it really matter? Cherington said that

Pirates already missed the window to make Ben Cherington decision that mattered

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Pirates get first winning season since 2018

It was a winning season despite no playoffs for the Bucs.

The 2026 season saw the Pittsburgh Pirates improve massively on offense. After finishing dead last in nearly every significant category in 2025, the Pirates fin

Pirates gave opponents an embarrassingly simple blueprint that might've kept them out of playoffs

The Camilo Doval trade already looked bad for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Somehow, it took exactly one inning with the San Francisco Giants for it to look worse. Pi

Pirates’ Camilo Doval misfire somehow looks even worse after one Giants appearance

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Ranking Postseason Starting Lineups 🔢

Where the top offenses stand going into October ➡️

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ABS Increased MLB Game Times ➕

Average time to play nine innings up nearly 4 minutes from last year (AP)

Brandon Lowe's future with the Pittsburgh Pirates was already going to be one of the biggest storylines of the offseason. Then his wife may have unintentionall

Brandon Lowe’s wife may have accidentally raised the stakes for Pirates’ offseason

The Pittsburgh Pirates are going to have to pay somebody this offseason. The question is whether they finally realize the easiest person to pay might be Brandon

Pirates may learn replacing Brandon Lowe is the more expensive option

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Final Regular Season Power Rankings 📊

How the Pirates finished out the year 📲

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Last Day of Regular Season 🔥

Phillies grab final Wild Card spot. Astros take AL West. Full recap here 📲

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🚨 MLB Playoff Bracket SET 🔒

😱 Astros on wrong end of history 🔔 Phillies taking on Braves 📲 Recap of final day

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MLB Playoff Predictions 🔮

Round-by-round picks with bracket set 📲

Pirates vs. Tigers (09/27/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-2 win vs. Detroit Tigers 🎥

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Playoff Field Finalized ♨️

Standings after Phillies clinch, Astros win division 📲

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers: Jared Jones vs. River Ryan

The Pirates are on the road looking to grab a win today.

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Pirates’ Don Kelly had a front-row seat for both ends of Justin Verlander’s legendary career

Long before Don Kelly was managing the Pittsburgh Pirates, he was standing at third base wondering what exactly the Detroit Tigers had just unleashed on profess

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Kirby Yates' unlikely Pirates finale gave veteran reliever the sendoff his career deserved

Kirby Yates had spent his entire major league career coming out of the bullpen, so when he jokingly pitched Pirates manager Don Kelly on making his first career

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Pirates get quietly significant Mitch Keller news ahead of critical 2027 season

The Pittsburgh Pirates aren't getting Mitch Keller back before the 2026 season ends, but they did receive some quietly significant news about one of the most im

Pirates vs. Tigers (09/26/2026)

Full highlights from Detroit Tigers' 4-3 win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 🎥

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers: Justin Verlander’s last start

The Pirates are on the road looking to grab a win today.

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Pirates poised to become a part of Justin Verlander's final chapter in legendary career

The ending of a legendary career.

For the first time since 2018, the Pittsburgh Pirates will not finish a season with more losses than wins. They finally snapped one of the most embarrassing str

Pirates can't celebrate ending losing season streak after extending the one that really matters

Pirates vs. Tigers (09/25/2026)

Full highlights from Detroit Tigers' 8-7 win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 🎥

The Pirates are on the road looking to grab a win today.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers: Bubba Chandler vs. Jackson Jobe

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Top Selling 2026 MLB Jerseys🏆

It might be time for a top-down remodeling.

Pirates dodging MLB manager hot seat misses Pittsburgh's bigger problem

Verlander’s Hall of Fame career will come to a close on Saturday.

Justin Verlander will make last career start against Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ decision to option Khristian Curtis to the Florida Complex League on Thursday was hardly the kind of transaction that should raise eyebr

Pirates Khristian Curtis roster move quietly closes the book on encouraging audition

Where Oneil Cruz stands as one of the top players at the position 📲

B/R's Undisputed MLB Outfielder Rankings 🔢

In some ways, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been disappointed that Bryan Reynolds never returned to his 2021 heights when he slashed .302/.390/.522 and put up a 1

Bryan Reynolds unassuming season was actually historic for Pirates

The Bucs could have been better on the mound. And they were already pretty good.

Pirates break single season strikeout record

The Camilo Doval experiment is officially over in Pittsburgh, and Ben Cherington probably wishes he could have this one back. The San Francisco Giants claimed D

Camilo Doval Giants reunion makes Pirates trade deadline look even worse

Paul Skenes’ 2026 season did not go the way anyone envisioned. But his final moment somehow did. With the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals tied 1-1 in

Pirates wanted more from Paul Skenes, but his 2026 exit couldn’t have been scripted better

Latest predictions for top stars available this offseason 📲

Updated MLB Free Agency Rumors 👂

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Kyle Leahy vs. Paul Skenes

Is he suddenly the best infielder set to hit free agency?

Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s middling Yankees walk year could cost Pirates in Brandon Lowe chase

Cardinals vs. Pirates (09/24/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 2-1 win vs. St. Louis Cardinals 🎥

Summarizing how the Pirates performed with a notable fact 📲

1 Stat for Every Team's 2026 Season 🔢

Recently, Paul Skenes has made it a habit of basically alternating solid starts with complete duds. Just when it looks like he's getting back on track, as he di

Pirates can turn Paul Skenes' down year into a long term advantage

Selecting the winners for every accolade in the AL and NL ➡️

2026 MLB Awards Picks 🏆

Cardinals vs. Pirates (09/23/2026)

Full highlights from St. Louis Cardinals' 5-1 win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 🎥

The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent the final weeks of the season showing everyone what could have been. Now there’s another statistic that makes their absence fr

Pirates are the painful exception to an eye popping MLB playoff trend

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Matthew Liberatore vs. Lake Bachar

For a while, the Pittsburgh Pirates weren’t even sure Jared Jones belonged in their rotation when he returned from the injured list. Now, the bigger question mi

Jared Jones’ dominant September is changing Pirates 2027 rotation outlook

MLB Final Week Chaos ♨️

👂 Latest on Judge, Ohtani 👀 Tightest playoff races 📳 LIVE with insider Jon Heyman

Ryan O’Hearn might not be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ general manager, but he just handed Ben Cherington a pretty straightforward offseason blueprint. The Pirates’

Ryan O'Hearn sends loud message to Ben Cherington about Pirates offseason priorities

Seth Hernandez is wasting little time establishing himself as one of the most important pieces of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ future. Pittsburgh’s top prospect was

Pirates Prospect Update: Seth Hernandez, Minor league All-Stars, Connor Wietgrefe

Paul Skenes has endured the worst season of his professional career in 2026.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes cites WBC as contributor to drop in velocity

Cardinals vs. Pirates (09/22/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 2-0 win vs. St. Louis Cardinals 🎥

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Best Playoff Runs Since 2000 🔥

Ranking the top 10 teams that pulled off epic playoff journey's ➡️

The Pirates acquired four relievers at the deadline and are already parting ways with one.

Pirates move on from reliever acquired at trade deadline

The Marcell Ozuna signing looked like a mistake the moment the Pittsburgh Pirates made it. Now that the season is nearly over, it somehow looks even worse. Ther

Pirates’ Marcell Ozuna disaster looks even worse with one brutal stat

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Andre Pallante vs. Jared Jones

Tigers legend will take mound for the last time vs. Pirates

Verlander's Final Start Sat.

The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t even make it two months before admitting their Camilo Doval gamble had gone wrong. Pittsburgh announced Tuesday that veteran relie

Pirates Camilo Doval DFA makes trade deadline mistake painfully obvious

Biggest storylines that will decide how the playoff field shakes out 📲

Everything at Stake in Final Week 🌡️

The Pittsburgh Pirates already knew Mason Montgomery could throw hard. What they needed was a way to make that velocity even more difficult for hitters to handl

Pirates unlocked Mason Montgomery with one devastating new pitch

Breaking down who has been the biggest letdown for the Pirates ➡️

The Worst Player on Every Team of 2026 Season 😞

Oneil Cruz lost more than two months of his season to the injured list and still managed to put himself in the same sentence as Barry Bonds and Andrew McCutchen

Oneil Cruz milestone is a reminder Pirates have barely seen his ceiling

Where the Pirates stand as they finish out the season ➡️

MLB Power Rankings Entering Final Week 🔢

The Bucs have an offseason priority.

Upcoming free agent Brandon Lowe has interest in returning to Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are officially out of the postseason race. But apparently, that wasn't painful enough. After the Pirates swept the Kansas City Royals ove

Pirates fans get one last insult after watching playoff hopes die

The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t miss the postseason because of one player, one stretch or one bad decision. But if you’re making a list of reasons why a team that

Paul Skenes revives tired WBC excuse after Pirates season slips away

Rafael Flores Jr. might have delivered the best explanation possible for why the Pittsburgh Pirates have grown so comfortable putting him in important situation

Rafael Flores Jr.’s colorful quote captures why Pirates trust him in big moments

For years, Pittsburgh sports fans have been able to count on at least one thing: If one of the city’s teams was going to have trouble scoring, it was probably g

Pirates offense just embarrassed the Steelers in the funniest possible way

Pirates ace feels tournament is 'root' of drop this season (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Skenes Blames WBC for Velocity

There will be plenty of blame to go around when the Pittsburgh Pirates begin dissecting why a season that carried legitimate postseason expectations will end wi

Pirates bullpen collapse made their 2026 playoff miss feel inevitable

No seeds locked in yet. Projecting the bracket with 1 week to go 📲

New MLB Playoff Predictions 🔮

The Bucs got some good injury news over the weekend.

Pirates Braxton Ashcraft injury has no structural damage

The Pittsburgh Pirates can officially stop pretending there is anything left to play for in 2026 beyond pride, development and perhaps finally finishing with a

Pirates’ playoff elimination makes Brandon Lowe decision their first major test of 2027 ambition

Royals vs. Pirates (09/20/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-3 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Michael Wacha vs. Lake Bachar

1 Move each squad wishes they could make this season

Trade Ideas for Every Team 💡

Royals vs. Pirates (09/19/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 6-5 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Noah Cameron vs. Bubba Chandler

Henry Davis has spent the past few years proving he can be a major-league catcher. The question now is whether he’s done enough to remain the Pittsburgh Pirates

Henry Davis helped shape Pirates future even if his own is running out

The Pittsburgh Pirates just had another door open to them after Brandon Lowe's comments on a extension. However, them walking through is, at best, uncertain.

Brandon Lowe's openness to a Pirates extension means nothing given team's stingy history

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ season might be winding down, but there will still be plenty of meaningful baseball for the organization to follow this fall. Pittsburgh

Breaking down the Pirates' prospects and potential breakouts on Arizona Fall League rosters

B/R's top prospect performers of MiLB season for every squad ➡️

Minor League POY For Every Team 🏆

The Pittsburgh Pirates almost certainly won't see Braxton Ashcraft pitch again this season. Considering how important the right-hander has become to Pittsburgh'

Braxton Ashcraft shutdown comes with one huge silver lining for Pirates

Royals vs. Pirates (09/18/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 8-5 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Influencer defends BF Paul Skenes with 'South Park' meme after troll comment

Livvy Dunne Claps Back at Fan ✋

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Randy Dobnak vs. Paul Skenes

Henry Davis hit his 10th home run of the season Thursday, and if you've watched Davis hit for any length of time, you can probably picture it without even seein

Don Kelly accidentally highlighted Henry Davis' biggest problem with attempted compliment

The Bucs have some good young talent.

Three young players that could be stars next season for Pirates

A year ago, Rafael Flores Jr. was nothing more than an intriguing name in the David Bednar trade. He could hit; that much was fairly clear. Whether he could cat

Pirates suddenly have an exciting Rafael Flores Jr. problem to solve

Which New York team offers better package for Pirates ace? 📲

Paul Skenes Trade Ideas 💡

Where Esmerlyn Valdez stands among standout first-year players ➡️

Ranking Every Team's Best Rookie in 2026 🔢

A year ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates made the standard perfectly clear: “The goal is to make the playoffs in 2026. Period. Full stop." That's what president Travi

Pirates keep rewriting the rules to justify Ben Cherington's job

Three young Bucs are heading to the desert!

Pirates send three top prospects to Arizona Fall League

For years, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been waiting for Oneil Cruz to emerge as a cornerstone to build around. After last season's massive step back, it seemed

Pirates may never have a better chance to extend Oneil Cruz than they do right now

The Pittsburgh Pirates spent much of last offseason trying to fix the most obvious flaw on their roster: They needed power. They needed more legitimate threats

Pirates’ franchise home run record makes another October absence sting even more

Brewers vs. Pirates (09/17/2026)

Full highlights from Pittsburgh Pirates' 7-4 win vs. Milwaukee Brewers 🎥

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Kyle Harrison vs. Wilber Dotel

Bob Nutting handed Pittsburgh the measuring stick back in April. He said the Pirates should expect to chase the postseason and play important games down the str

Pirates’ September surge just eliminated Bob Nutting’s favorite offseason excuse

Brandon Lowe has given the Pittsburgh Pirates almost everything they could have asked for this season. Thirty home runs. Legitimate middle-of-the-order producti

Pirates somehow turn Brandon Lowe’s historic season into another letdown

Brewers vs. Pirates (09/16/2026)

Full highlights from Milwaukee Brewers' 5-4 win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 🎥

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Logan Henderson vs. Jared Jones

Brandon Lowe could very well finish this season holding a Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award. If he does, the trophy should arrive at PNC Park along with a

A Brandon Lowe Silver Slugger would make Pirates’ biggest 2027 decision painfully obvious

More than an hour after the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night, PNC Park belonged to the visitors. The Brewers had already handled t

Brewers’ NL Central clinch, PNC Park takeover expose how far Pirates still have to climb

Tony Beasley picked a brutal time to have one of his worst moments as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ third base coach. With Pittsburgh trailing the Milwaukee Brewers a

Tony Beasley’s worst Pirates moment shouldn’t erase what makes him effective

The most pivotal question Pittsburgh will have to answer this winter 📲

Previewing Every MLB Team's Biggest Offseason Decision 🔮

Paul Skenes has not been Paul Skenes in 2026. That much is fair. Calling him the biggest reason the Pittsburgh Pirates aren't headed to the postseason, however,

ESPN blaming Paul Skenes for Pirates’ playoff failure is wildly unfair

Carmichael has 20 homers in just his second professional season.

Pirates Prospect update: Catcher Easton Carmichael

Brewers vs. Pirates (09/15/2026)

Full highlights from Milwaukee Brewers' 5-1 win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 🎥

The Pittsburgh Pirates' 2026 season appeared to be unraveling in August. A team that reached the All-Star break firmly in the National League Wild Card conversa

Pirates’ late-season surge could save Ben Cherington but it should also raise expectations for him

The Pirates are at PNC Park looking to grab a win today.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jacob Misiorowski vs. Lake Bachar

Lowe has been one of the most meaningful additions to the Pirates in the last decade.

Brandon Lowe named Pirates Roberto Clemente Award nominee

Pirates reliever Kirby Yates makes heartbreaking admission about his baseball future

The end is looming.

Don Kelly has had moments this season when his lack of managerial experience has shown. His inexplicable decision to leave Gregory Soto in too long during Satur

Clint Hurdle just opened door to Pirates reunion that could be perfect for Don Kelly

Given the years of brutal offensive performance, it's no surprise that no Pittsburgh Pirates player has won the Louisville Silver Slugger since Andrew McCutchen

Pirates’ Silver Slugger race exposes just how badly injuries wrecked their second-half lineup

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