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PITTSBURGH (93.7 the Fan) – As states start to loosen restrictions on stay-at-home orders, the Pirates baseball brass thinks baseball will happen this year.

The Pirates announced four non-roster invitees to Spring Training today including pitcher Derek Holland.

It may still be Summer and hard to think about the snow and cold that will be here in the next few months. But, even in August, you can start to make those Winter getaway plans to warming weather.

He pitched the first game ever at LECOM Park (then known as McKechnie Field) in 1968 and on Tuesday Steve Blass broadcasted his last game ever at the ballpark during a Pirates 3-1 win against Detroit.

Pirates starting pitcher Chris Archer, along with Pirates Charities and Good Sports donated $20,000 in baseball and softball equipment for Bayshore High School in Bradenton.

Those who listen to Wednesday’s Spring Training broadcast on Pirates.com are in for a real treat!

Pirates Top Prospect/SP Mitch Keller joins the Fan Morning Show Monday morning and talks about the difference between entering Spring Training last season and this season.

Bradenton, FL (93.7 The Fan) - Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle on Saturday tabbed Jameson Taillon to start the season opener March 28 in Cincinnati. Hurdle said Trevor Williams will start the second game and Joe Musgrove the final game of the 3-game series at Great American Ballpark. Chris Archer is...

Someone likely to be among the early cuts from the Pirates major league camp is a potential future staff ace

Last summer's trade to the Pirates thrust Chris Archer into the middle of a playoff race that soon fizzled, but the 30-year-old righthander enters spring training feeling good about himself and the ball club.