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Pirates Manager Derek Shelton Receives Contract Extension

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Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Ben Cherington announced prior to Saturday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds that manager Derek Shelton has received a contract extension beyond the 2023 season. No other details of deal have been announced at this time.

Shelton has the Pirates off to a quick start this season. They hold a 14-7 record going into Saturday night. This is his fourth season with the team. He was on the final season of his contact until the extension.

Shelton took over during the shortened 2020 season, leading the Pirates to a 19-41 record in his first year. He improved his winning percentage each of the last two seasons, though the Pirates did poorly each year. He finished 61-101 in 2021, then improved by just one game during the 2022 season.

It was noted by Cherington that the extension talks began during Spring Training this year.

If more details of the deal are announced today, we will provide an update here.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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