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 Mexican Pacific and Puerto Rican Leagues are just waiting for the Caribbean Series (which begins on Feb 2nd), while the Venezuelan and Dominican...
One early game, one later game, and then the really late Australian games.... The Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues are off today.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE (best...
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...
Saturday's action with the Pirates' players and friends:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 5, Caribes de Anzoategui 2
Two doubles by 1B Hector Gimenez accounted for 3...
The Mexican Pacific and Puerto Rican Leagues have Friday night off, but the Dominicans and Venezuelans continue to play, with a few Pirates' players...
Pirates' players and friends in winter league action on Thursday:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Gigantes del Cibao 6, Aguilas Cibaenas 4
A 4-run 5th inning made the difference for...
A few Pirates' players and friends in winter league action:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Leones del Escogido 7, Aguilas Cibaenas 1
RF Brandon Moss scored Los Aguilas' only run,...
Looking at a few Pirates' players and friends in Tuesday's winter league action:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 2, Aguilas del Zulia 1
Los Tigres scored first,...
The Caribbean playoffs continue on Saturday evening, and the Australian early Sunday games have started....
VENZUELAN LEAGUE
Caribes de Anzoategui 15, Navegantes del Magallanes 3
A 7-run...
