The Pittsburgh Pirates hired Brent Strom to be their assistant pitching coach, as reported by Noah Hiles of the Post-Gazette. Strom is a highly regarded pitching coach, who has spent time with Houston and Arizona over...
The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Matt Hague to be their next hitting coach, according to Scott Mitchell of CSN. Hague was the assistant hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024, after three years as...
The Winter Leagues continue to wrap things up....
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 3, Tiburones de La Guaira 1
1B Hector Gimenez had another big day, going...
Looking in on Pirates' players and friends in Saturday's winter league playoff games:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Leones del Escogido 5, Aguilas Cibaenas 2
Los Leones again took the...
Not too many Pirates' players and friends left in the playoff mix, as winter league action winds down:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE (best of 7)
Tiburones de La...
The Mexican Pacific and Puerto Rican Leagues are just waiting for the Caribbean Series (which begins on Feb 2nd), while the Venezuelan and Dominican...
Not too many Pirates' players and friends left in the mix, as the four Caribbean leagues continue their championship series:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE (best of 9)
Aguilas...
Just two playoff games on Monday evening:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 2, Tiburones de La Guaira 0
The Venezuelan League championship series (best-of-7) opened with a...
A few Pirates' players and friends in Sunday's winter league playoff action:
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Indios de Mayaguez 8, Criollos de Caguas 5
This was the wrap-up...
Catching up with Pirates' players and friends in the winter league playoffs on Saturday:
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Indios de Mayaguez 8, Criollos de Caguas 4 --...
A few winter league games on Thursday night, plus the Australians in the early morning:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas Cibaenas 5, Tigres del Licey 4
Los Aguilas took...
A few Pirates' players and friends got into Wednesday's winter league playoff games:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas Cibaenas 7, Gigantes del Cibao 1
Los Aguilas got all the...
Just the Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues were playing tonight, with a few Pirates' players and friends
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas Cibaenas 3, Tigres del Licey 1
3B Yamaico...
