Grilli Activated, Locke Optioned

Relief pitcher Jason Grilli has been activated from the Bereavement List. Jeff Locke was optioned back to AAA. Locke made no appearances in his three days with the big league club. Today’s series finale against the Mets is at 12:30. The Pirates are off tomorrow. Gorkys Hernandez gets his first start today. Jose Tabata and Pedro Alvarez [...]

Grilli on Bereavement List, Locke Recalled

Relief pitcher Jason Grilli has been placed on the Bereavement List due to the death of his wife’s grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the extended Grilli family at this time. To take his place on the roster, pitcher Jeff Locke has been called up from AAA. Locke was part of the 2009 [...]

Series Preview: The Marlins

Current record: 16-18, 3rd place in NL Central, 4 games back Up Next: Miami Marlins, 18-16, 4th place in NL East, 7.5 games back The Pirates head down to Miami for a quick two game set against the newly orange-clad Marlins. The Fish have an 85 OPS+ and 117 ERA+ which means that the pitchers [...]

Sunday Notes

Late Friday night the Pirates acquired Jeff Larish from the Red Sox for cash considerations. Larish is a non-prospect at this point and will go to AAA, where the organization already has several 1B/DH types. Speculation around the internet seems to be that this move only makes since if one of Jake Fox or Matt Hague is [...]

Where’s the Scoring?

Strong pitching and missed opportunities were the story of last night’s game. The Pirates had a runner on third and no outs in the fourth AND bases loaded with no outs in the sixth and failed to score each time. There’s no excuse for not scoring in both situations. Even worse, they completely wasted a [...]

Series Preview: The Astros

Current record: 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back Up Next: Houston Astros, 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back The battle for 3rd place begins tonight! What, not exciting enough? Then tune in to see 22-yr old Jose Altuve, who’s really fast and has been the surprise best [...]