Trevor Williams Pitching In Backyard Saturday

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Trevor Williams, a native of San Diego, will take the mound Saturday against the Padres. Williams is 6-5 with a 4.03 ERA and 64 strikeouts, but he is facing a team that is batting .233 against right-handed pitchers. They have only been scoring 3.71 runs per game this year, and are […]

Gregory Polanco Revitalized by Approach Change

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco has hit .320 since June 6th when he moved off the plate. Polanco has seen a notable improvement on inside pitches and against lefties. He has enjoyed his best three weeks of the season and has put up a 1.024 OPS and 175 wRC+ during that stretch. Polanco had been […]

Joe Musgrove Goes Seven Strong in Win, Vasquez Gets Save

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Joe Musgrove got his third win of the season on Friday. The San Diego area hurler pitched seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts and only two walks. He has 36 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings pitched this year. Felipe Vasquez came on in the ninth for his 16th save in the […]

Josh Harrison Has Five Game Hit Streak

Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison singled up the middle in the top of the first inning on Friday to extend his hit streak to five games. He went 2-for-4 with a run. Harrison has a .305 on-base percentage, and a 15 percent strikeout rate this season. He is owned in under half of fantasy […]

Gregory Polanco Keeps It Going Friday

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco went 2-for-4 with two RBI Friday night in San Diego. The outfielder has been a fantasy let down up to this point in the season, but recent results suggest he may be starting to come around. Fantasy owners have been treated to a very productive Polanco, who has a .342 […]

Austin Meadows And Colin Moran Get Friday Off

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Colin Moran and outfielder Austin Meadows are not in the lineup Friday against the Padres. Moran is batting .256 with two homers and four RBI in the 15 days. He is 6-for-27 against lefties this year. David Freese will man third Friday. Meadows is batting .280 with an RBI and a […]

Chad Kuhl To 10-Day DL, Pirates Recall Max Moroff

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday with a right forearm strain. He was removed from last Tuesday's game after the fifth inning. The DL move is retroactive to June 27. The Pirates have recalled infielder Max Moroff in place of Kuhl. Moroff went 8-for-37 with two homers […]

Gregory Polanco On Fire In Recent Games

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco has been lighting up the scorebook in the past 10 days. He has a .458 batting average with three homers and six RBI during this span. Polanco is starting to live up to some of the pre-season expectations. If you can land him or have him on your bench, this […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For June 30

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. We're coming up on the halfway point of the season, but there's still plenty of options on the waiver wire to aid your championship quest. For those who are […]

Jung Ho Kang to DL

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang was placed on the seven-day disabled list Wednesday with a sprained left wrist. According to director of sports medicine Todd Tomcyzk "We are probably going to shut him down from baseball activities and take a little closer look in the coming days." Kang would have been a great […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For June 29

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. We're coming up on the halfway point of the season, but there's still plenty of options on the waiver wire to aid your championship quest. For those who are […]

Week 14 Waiver Wire - Catcher

The 2018 Fantasy Baseball season has not been kind to catchers. The highest ranked catcher is J.T. Realmuto. Players like Wilson Ramos and Evan Gattis rank higher than Buster Posey, while fantasy darlings such as Gary Sanchez and Willson Contreras rank ninth and 11th among catchers respectably. Due to the amount of uncertainty at the […]

Gregory Polanco Continues To Get On Base

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in the come-from-behind victory over the Mets on Wednesday. In the past 10 days, Polanco has gone 11-for-24 with three homers, six RBI and eight walks. He has raised his batting average a full 20 points during this time. The low average […]

David Freese's Pinch-Hit Base Hit Turns Game For Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman David Freese pinch hit in the top of the ninth inning. He would knock a single to right field that would score two runs and give the Pirates the lead. They would tack on one more run and win the game 5-3. Freese now has 18 RBI on the season. Playing […]

Mitch Keller Promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller got called up to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians on Wednesday. He is the Bucs No. 1 prospect and is the No. 12 overall prospect, according to Baseball America. While at Double-A, Keller went 9-2 with a 2.72 ERA, 76 strikeouts and 32 walks. He went 4-0 with a 0.69 […]

Jung Ho Kang Slowed by Wrist Injury

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang "will be shut down for a bit because of left wrist soreness," director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said. Kang has been trying to make his way back to the Pirates lineup but has been set back a couple of times by this wrist injury. Hopefully, the injury […]

Francisco Cervelli Cleared to Work Out

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli (head) has been cleared to participate in workouts. He was placed on the seven-day concussion list on Saturday, June 25. Elias Diaz has done a great job filling in for Cervelli, but we imagine the minute he can return, Cervelli will take the majority of the starts behind the plate. Cervelli […]

Ivan Nova (SP, PIT) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Ivan Nova was battered over five May starts before hitting the DL, allowing 20 earned runs over just 23 ⅔ innings, but has risen from the ashes in June. Across 19 ⅔ IP, the 31-year-old righty has allowed […]

Sean Rodriguez Is On The DL

Pittsburgh Pirates utility player Sean Rodriguez was placed on the disabled list Wednesday with a right quadriceps strain. The Pirates super sub is batting an abysmal .145 this year and is 1-for-25 in the month of June. He will be replaced by right-handed pitcher Tanner Anderson. Anderson is 1-1 with a 2.34 ERA in 34 […]

Week 13 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

Holy guacamole, Batman, we’re almost halfway through the season! I hope those of you that could scoop Freddy Peralta and Shane Bieber after last week’s notes didn’t hesitate. We're back to name names, 10 in fact, and I hope we can satisfy those in shallower formats as well as the multitude who make me feel […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 13)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. The injury bug continues to bite this year. It wasn’t enough that […]

Gregory Polanco With Dinger In Loss

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco went 2-for-4 on Tuesday against the Mets. Polanco got an RBI single in the top of the fifth inning, and then hit his 11th big fly of the season in the seventh. It was a solo shot. Polanco has now hit homers in back-to-back games. He is hard to own […]

Chad Kuhl Leaves With Forearm Discomfort

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl left Tuesday's game against the Mets with right forearm (throwing arm) discomfort. Kuhl came off the mound after the first out in the fourth and shook his arm. The trainer and manager came out to check on Kuhl, but he stayed in the game. He finished the fourth, and […]

Corey Dickerson is Sitting on Tuesday

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Corey Dickerson (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the New York Mets. Dickerson has one hit in his last three games, so it appears the Pirates are just giving him some time to rest. Austin Meadows will draw the start in left field for Dickerson on Tuesday. […]

Josh Bell And Colin Moran Not In Lineup Tuesday

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell and third baseman Colin Moran are both out of the lineup for Tuesday's matchup against the Mets. There has been no mention of injuries to either, so it looks like just a day of rest for both players. Bell, who hit his first homer in two months, will be […]

Hot Prospects to Watch Week 13: Verdugo, Lambert and Keller

We're coming up on the end of the third month of the season, and some of the top prospects in the game are putting on big displays that could see them earning a promotion sometime soon. Right now is a good time to start looking at trading for prospects that could have a fantasy impact […]

Streaming Wars -- Waiver Wire Targets For June 27

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your weakest categories, and target players who may be available on […]

Gregory Polanco and Josh Bell Homer Monday

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco and first baseman Josh Bell both homered in their game Monday in New York. Polanco hammered a full-count pitch to center field, his 10th of the season. Bell would smash a two-run homer four innings later in the sixth. It was Bell's first home run since May 31 and only […]

Felipe Vazquez Slams Door on Mets

Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez was brilliant in his only inning pitched on Monday against the New York Mets. The closer struck out the side on 15 pitches, including several that were 100 mph or more. That gives Vazquez 38 strikeouts in 30 2/3 innings and makes him 15-for-19 in save opportunities this season. The […]

Starling Marte With Two Stolen Bases And Three Runs On Monday

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Starling Marte had himself a night on Monday. The lineup was moved around and the starting center fielder was up to the challenge of hitting leadoff. Marte had two stolen bases and scored three runs Monday against the Mets. He now has 16 stolen bases on the season and 41 runs. Marte […]