The bullpen has been a sore spot all season for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Ben Cherington did his best to address that glaring weakness with a series of moves before the trade deadline. Good job by him. The problem is the Pirates have fallen off in a few other key areas and there was ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday the team “will never shut the door” on potentially finding a role for Andrew McCutchen, a longtime cornerstone of the franchise. The Pirates on Monday reached an agreement with veteran slugger ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Don Kelly feels like he spent his first couple of months as the interim manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates drinking from a fire hose. At some point after the All-Star break, the pace of the job started to slow down. And a season that was on the verge of careening out of ...