Today your Pittsburgh Pirates locked up their best player through 2030 with a club option for 2031. 8 years, $106,750,000. There is no opt out and a modified no trade clause baked in.
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Series Preview
The Pirates welcome the Dodgers to PNC Park to finish up their brief homestand.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
Here I sit, preparing to write this week’s Five Pirates Thoughts at Five, its something like the 145th time I’ve done so give or take, but it’s the first time I’ve done so while the Pirates solely owned the best record in the National League.
You Don’t Need Permission to Enjoy these Pirates
Your Pirates are making you proud, for once, let yourself stop worrying about how they got there, where it might go, who did or said what on the way.
Contreras Strong Start, Hot First Inning Propel Pirates 4-3 Over Reds: (13-7)
The Pirates stay on track and Roansy Contreras tosses a sparkler move to 13-7 on the season.
Hump Day Pirates Q&A
When you do a feature like this every week, it’s inevitable the questions will start to overlap, or get repetitive. To your credit, it hasn’t happened a whole lot here. You keep challenging me with interesting topics, I’ll keep happily doing this piece. Deal?
Breakout Watch: Is Johan Oviedo A Dude?
Since his acquisition last season Johan Oviedo has been a textbook study on watching a team take a pitcher with some very enticing raw materials & trying to figure out what the hell to do with them.
Suwinski Home Runs Lead Pirates Over Rockies 5-3: (11-7)
Vince Velasquez delivers a strong start and Jack Suwinski powers the Pirates offense, clinch series win.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
Ahh, Manfred ball giveth, and it taketh away. Nobody knows how to play the situation. I see teams get the run in the top of the 10th then just about go for conceding the tying run in the bottom half.
Pittsburgh Pirates (9-7) at Colorado Rockies (5-11) – Series Preview
The Pirates end their road trip with a quick three game series in Colorado.
Steel City Pirates 