Chris Adamski stories, Page 138
New Pirates OF Guillermo Heredia provides much-needed positivityVideo
Through the words and actions of their management team since Guillermo Heredia was signed as a free agent early last month, the Pittsburgh Pirates have made it clear they do not expect Heredia to be an everyday outfielder. A glance at his career offensive statistics (.240 average, .659 OPS, 17...
New-look Chad Kuhl prepares for return to Pirates
The first glimpse Pittsburgh Pirates fans and observers get of Chad Kuhl this spring could cause a double-take. Kuhl said he will have a different look in his comeback from Tommy John surgery. The 27-year-old righty has not pitched in a game since June 2018 but is on track to...
Pirates sign INF/OF JT Riddle as possible center field platoon candidateVideo
New Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington continued to supplement his roster, announcing the signing of free agent infielder/outfielder JT Riddle on Friday. Riddle was signed to a major league deal and became the final member of the 40-man roster with the start of spring training less than two weeks...
Pirates sign LHP Robbie Erlin, C Andrew Susac, OF Charlie Tilson to minor league deals
With spring training less than two weeks away, the Pittsburgh Pirates fortified their depth in some notable areas by announcing the signings of veterans to minor league contracts that include invites to spring training. Robbie Erlin joined Derek Holland as veteran left-handed relievers signed. Erlin, 29, made 106 appearances (38...
Pirates sign veteran LHP Derek Holland to minor league contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed four players to minor league contracts that include invites to spring training, most notably veteran left-handed pitcher Derek Holland. Holland, 33, has pitched for four teams over 11 seasons in the majors, most recently splitting last season primarily as a reliever for the San Francisco Giants...
Recharged Penguins gear down for grueling stretch
With the possible exception of Anthony Angello on the day of his first call-up to the NHL, introductions between Pittsburgh Penguins players weren’t necessary Thursday. But that didn’t mean UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex didn’t carry something of a long-lost-friends-meet-again vibe. “It was probably the most excitement I’ve seen in the...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby: Kobe Bryant ‘inspired so many people’Video
When Sidney Crosby first heard the news of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant, he didn’t believe it. “I spent a lot of time just trying to search and find out … if it was true,” Crosby said Thursday, four days after Bryant and eight others...
New Pirates braintrust Ben Cherington, Derek Shelton adjusting to new MLB rules
A new management team and new manager will have to navigate new MLB rules during their first season in charge of the Pittsburgh Pirates. MLB is the midst of a dramatic, if gradual, reshaping of decades-long rules practices. For the 2020 season, the most notable of these changes is active...
Finally healthy, Pirates reliever Nick Burdi offers intrigueVideo
Nick Burdi is not sure where. But somewhere in the Chicago-area home of the Pittsburgh Pirates reliever is a human bone. Not just any bone —Burdi’s right first rib. “I don’t know where it is now,” Burdi said with a sheepish chuckle last week at PiratesFest. “They give you a...
Pirates appear to have few options to fully replace Starling Marte’s offense
By this past weekend, it had been two months since the Pittsburgh Pirates’ new management team started engaging in trade talks regarding their starting center fielder. So Monday’s announcement of the trade of Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks probably didn’t catch new manager Derek Shelton by surprise. “The one...
Who are the prospects the Pirates got in return for Starling Marte?Video
In a signal the organization is trending toward a full-scale rebuild, the Pittsburgh Pirates not only traded arguably their best position player, they did so for some international slot money and a pair of 19-year-old minor leaguers who have not played above the lower Class A level. But who are...
Starling Marte left his mark statistically on the Pirates
Starling Marte left his mark in eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A look back at some of his superlatives now that he has been traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects and international bonus money:Among all position players in the franchise’s 133-year history, Marte ranks 17th in Wins...
Pirates trade Starling Marte to Diamondbacks for pair of prospects
Starling Marte’s days with the Pittsburgh Pirates were numbered from the time Ben Cherington became general manager Nov. 18. Cherington saw the center fielder as his best trade option in his attempt to restructure — the Pirates still won’t use the term “rebuild” — the roster. The 31-year-old Marte is...
Newest Pirate Guillermo Heredia was always drawn to team
Though he’s spent his entire four-year MLB career in the American League since defecting from Cuba, Guillermo Heredia said he’d always taken notice of and admired the Pittsburgh Pirates. Speaking through an interpreter Saturday from PNC Park during PiratesFest, Heredia said that played a part in the outfielder’s decision to...
‘Paranoid’ of sign-stealing last season, Pirates would change signs every inning on the roadVideo
Suspicious of opponents engaging in sign-stealing, the Pittsburgh Pirates at times would change their catcher-to-pitcher signs every inning during road games last season, catcher Jacob Stallings said. “I don’t want to say we were aware, (but) we were paranoid that things were going on when we were on the road,”...
16 months after Tommy John surgery, Pirates RHP Chad Kuhl on track for seasonVideo
Chad Kuhl had an eventful offseason in which he got married and traveled to the Caribbean to attend another wedding. The outlook for 2020 is a conventional, normal season for Kuhl. And considering he hasn’t pitched in 19 months, that’s all Kuhl is asking for. Kuhl’s recovery from Tommy John...
Former Pirates 1st-round pick Will Craig drops 25 pounds in effort to improve defenseVideo
In an effort to prove he could travel all around the field, Will Craig bypassed doing any traveling around the world. “We were going to plan a trip to somewhere in the Caribbean (over the offseason), but it was right in middle of my (losing-weight) process, so I said ‘I...
Pirates OF Gregory Polanco at ‘100%’ physical health in return from shoulder injuryVideo
Ben Cherington tapped the knuckles of his clenched hand onto a table not once but twice Friday as he was discussing the status of Pittsburgh Pirates starting right fielder Gregory Polanco. The first time Cherington knocked on wood was when he declared Polanco “at 100% right now from a basic...
GM Ben Cherington: Pirates expect to add another catcher before spring training
Ben Cherington acknowledged Friday the Pittsburgh Pirates went into the offseason knowing it needed to add catchers. Even after signing two with major league experience, Cherington said he isn’t done. “We are continuing to look for more catching,” the Pirates general manager said while speaking to reporters Friday at PNC...
Mt. Lebanon’s Don Kelly’s job safe with Pirates, despite ties to AstrosVideo
Don Kelly’s status with the Pittsburgh Pirates was not impacted by his ties to the Houston Astros, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Friday. Kelly, a former Mt. Lebanon and Point Park standout, was named the Pirates’ bench coach Dec. 7, five weeks prior to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred disciplining...
The script is back: Pirates unveil updated road jerseysVideo
It was met with great fanfare and well received when Pitt went back to the Script five years ago. Now, the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing the same. The Pirates unveiled updated road jerseys Friday, and the new aspect is actually an old one. The word “Pittsburgh” across the chest of...
Pirates to replace Steve Blass with Kevin Young, Matt Capps, Michael McKenry on broadcasts
Following Steve Blass as Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster would have been a tough act for any individual. So three former players will do it. Former Pirates players Kevin Young, Matt Capps and Michael McKenry will rotate as color commentator analysts for games on television and radio this season, the team announced...
Frenzied stretch of games about to give way to long layoff for Penguins
It might seem as if the Pittsburgh Penguins have recently been playing every other night. That’s not true —they have played even more often than that during January. The Penguins will play for the 11th time on the 21st day of the month Tuesday night at the Philadelphia Flyers. It...
Penguins Dominik Simon ‘dodges bullet,’ feels well at practice day after hip injury
Looking back a day after the fact, Dominik Simon was able to concede that he feared the worst when he suffered what he indicated was a hip injury during Sunday’s game. “Oh yeah, definitely (dodged a bullet),” the Pittsburgh Penguins forward said Monday from the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. “I...
Penguins F Dominik Kahun out with concussion
A day after Dominik Kahun did not play after his first shift of the second period against the Boston Bruins, Kahun did not take part in Pittsburgh Penguins practice Monday and coach Mike Sullivan said it was because he had suffered a concussion. “Dom Kahun was diagnosed with a concussion,...
