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...
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...
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 --...
Checking in on Pirates' players and friends in Tuesday's winter league action:
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Indios de Mayaguez 2, Criollos de Caguas o
Los Indios took a...
Checking on a few Pirates' players and friends in Sunday's winter league playoff action:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 5, Caribes de Anzoategui 3
A 4-run top...
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...
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...
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,...
Only the Dominican League and the Venezuelan League had playoff games on Monday, with just a few Pirates' players and friends involved:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Caribes de...
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...
Playoffs continue in the Caribbean Leagues, with a few Pirates' players and friends:
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 5, Aguilas del Zulia 3
Los Tigres picked up...
