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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.

The Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off minicamp Monday in Bradenton, Florida. On Sunday, General Manager Neal Huntington announced that Jeff Banister was rejoining the Pirates organization as a special assistant of baseball operations.

The Pirates unveiled their top prospect on Sunday as 21-year-old righty Mitch Keller ran onto the field at LECOM Park in the 7th inning. It was the first time he faced major league hitters, as he was assigned to minor-league camp this Winter. “I was really nervous, very anxious,” said Keller. “It...

In a couple of weeks he will throw the first pitch at PNC Park this year, Friday in Bradenton, Jameson Taillon really had it rolling allowing only one hit over four innings. “That might be the best I ever felt in the first three innings,” Taillon said. “I just felt like my fingers were over the...

With Opening Day now less than 3 weeks away, it’s time to set the clocks ahead and for the Pirates to send a number of players back to the minor league camp. Pitchers need more innings and hitters need to start bundling at bats and there simply aren’t enough of those in Grapefruit League games to...

Ivan Nova allowed 3 runs in his 2 innings then closer Felipe Rivero allowed 3 runs without completing his scheduled inning as the Pirates lost to the Red Sox, 13-2 in Bradenton.