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Pirates activate CF Oneil Cruz from 60-day ILThe Pittsburgh Pirates activated center fielder Oneil Cruz from the 60-day injured list ahead of Monday's home game against the Detroit Tigers, ending a 58-game absence due to non-displaced fractures in the fourth and fifth metacarpals of his left hand.,Cruz has been sidelined since June 7, one day ...

Pirates reinstate OF Oneil Cruz, DFA LHP Andrew HeaneyThe Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated outfielder Oneil Cruz from the concussion injured list Tuesday, while left-hander Andrew Heaney was designated for assignment.,The Pirates also recalled right-hander Dauri Moreta from Triple-A Indianapolis, while rookie second baseman Ronny Simon was optioned to Tri...

Elly De La Cruz, Reds look to steal another win from PiratesAt 22 years old and in only his second major league season, Elly De La Cruz is already in the history books.,With his big-league-leading 65th stolen base in an 8-3 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, the Cincinnati Reds shortstop became the third player in the modern era to record...

We said the Pirates would be interesting

Guess who has the second-best record in baseball. No, really, go on. Maybe you watch a ton of baseball and you already know. But if you’ve been distracted by NHL and NBA playoffs, the answer may surprise you. It’s a certain team that a certain charming and handsome writer not so long ago said very w...

Is the Cubs hot start a mirage? Will the Astros remain under .500? Let's examine

It’s about 20 games into the MLB regular season. It’s a small sample size, but no longer so small that we can completely dismiss it. Just like every year, there are some teams that are over-performing and underperforming expectations, but which of these surprising records are actually telling the tr...

The best and worst TV broadcasts in MLB: Your guide to watching other baseball

As hard as MLB tries, baseball remains pretty parochial. That’s mostly due to the daily nature of it. If you’re a fan of a team, you basically spend every day from the beginning of April to the end of September watching your team and then going to bed, or maybe cramming in some sort of worthless soc...

Is there actually a reason to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates?

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been the prime symbol of everything wrong with MLB. They play in perhaps the league’s best ballpark. They have a passionate fanbase that is just screaming for a team worth their time, assuming they haven’t all been chased off (and they may need the Pirates soon given that...

The warm glow of MLB Hot Stove’s warming glow: NL Central

It’s officially the offseason now, as we’ve gotten Scott Boras’s Fozzy Bear-in-the-college-dorm act at the GM Meetings. So let’s keep this record spinning right round and move to the NL Central, which I don’t feel personally about at all....