The Pirates have promoted Gregory Polanco to Altoona, Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus writes. Polanco, 21, hit .312/.364/.472 for Bradenton. This promotion is a little aggressive, maybe, but...

A.J. Burnett will miss his start tomorrow with a right calf problem. Jeff Locke will pitch instead, and the Pirates will have to find someone else for Saturday. Apparently Wandy Rodriguez and...

The left-hander was the team's 4th round pick in the draft, out of Sam Houston State

Stolmy Pimentel went the distance and David Bromberg fanned a dozen as Altoona took two.

The Pirates' offense came alive in a 12-8 victory over the Giants Wednesday night, the Pirates' fourth win in five games. Alex Presley and Neil Walker homered. Leadoff hitter Starling Marte had...

Notes from this afternoon's press scrum: -P- Giants manager Bruce Bochy and reliever George Kontos have been suspended for Kontos throwing at Andrew McCutchen last night. Bochy will serve his...

Here's the lineup as the Pirates face Barry Zito and the Giants. Starling Marte LFJordy Mercer SSAndrew McCutchen CFGaby Sanchez 1BRussell Martin CPedro Alvarez 3BNeil Walker 2BBrandon Inge RFF...

The Pirates have signed ninth-round draft pick Chad Kuhl and 19th-rounder Brett McKinney, both pitchers. Both will head to the Bucs' new short-season affiliate in Jamestown. Kuhl from the...

Stetson Allie had another explosion at the plate and James McDonald had more control problems on the mound, as the system won several blowouts despite some cancellations

Gerrit Cole picked up a win in his big-league debut as the Pirates beat the Giants 8-2 before a loud crowd at PNC Park Tuesday night. In mid-June, with the Penguins' season over and with the...