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Everything you need to know about MLB news, Pirates and other Pittsburgh teams for Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

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Pittsburgh Pirates News

Pirates Prospect Makes Stunning Game-Winning Home Run Robbery (Sports Illustrated)

Analysis: A closer look at the Pirates’ catching situation and where it could go from here (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

MLB News

Drafting top World Series contenders after Trade Deadline (MLB.com)

6 suspended for CWS-CLE fracas; Anderson gets 6 games, Ramírez 3 (MLB.com)

Bazzana could be first Australian to be drafted No. 1 overall (MLB.com)

Valdez, Freeman named Players of the Week (MLB.com)

Bryce goes full dad mode with upset young fan (MLB.com)

9 hits in first 3 games?! Unstoppable rookie keys Blue Jays’ rout (MLB.com)

Guardians claim Laureano off waivers from A’s (MLB.com)

5 series to watch with plenty of postseason implications (MLB.com)

Is a callup in the cards for red-hot Rafaela? (MLB.com)

Turner answers ovations with game-winning HR (MLB.com)

Mead’s callup sparks intercontinental family odyssey (MLB.com)

Witt’s bat makes history, then gets taken away (MLB.com)

‘Huge relief’: Dad’s surgery a success as Bradley plays in RBI WS (MLB.com)

Pittsburgh & Collegiate Sports

Steelers’ Cam Heyward acting as mentor for rookie Keeanu Benton (Behind The Steel Curtain)