Urgency isn’t the first word to come to mind when considering the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates entered the season talking about contending. It seemed to signal that the rebuilding project that gained full steam following the pandemic-shortened 2020 season was coming to an end.
Derek Shelton didn’t need to ponder the question long before breaking into a grin. The Pittsburgh Pirates manager was asked what it is like to now have right-handers Paul Skenes, Jared Jones and Mitch Keller in his starting rotation and, more importantly, potentially having the trio together for many years.
Saturday started off as a great day of excitement and optimism for the Pittsburgh Pirates as Paul Skenes, one of the best pitching prospects of the past 15 years, was set to make his major league debut.
There continues to be more and more speculation that right-handed pitching prospect Paul Skenes will make his debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend at PNC Park.
Just, make it stop. Please. There’s incompetence, and then there’s cowardice. Cowardice is worse. Incompetence is bringing on Andy Haines. Cowardice is watching what Haines has done these last two seasons and having not already pulled the plug.
One common criticism of Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton is his unwillingness to stick with a set lineup every day. The Pirates offense has been pathetic lately and is a chief reason why they’re 5-16 in their last 21 games.
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored one run in their 5-1 loss Monday, and that came on a wild pitch in the first inning. After the first, the team managed just one hit, which didn’t take place until the ninth inning when game was all but sealed.
This is a significant year for Derek Shelton for a couple of reasons. The Pittsburgh Pirates manager is in his fifth season, a relevant milestone in any profession.
Derek Shelton has made thousands of decisions during his five seasons as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ manager. Some have worked out. Others have backfired. Plenty have been second-guessed.
MIAMI -- So, I couldn't help but ask Derek Shelton, this is how it's gonna be? "Ha!" he'd reply with a slight smile and a slighter shake of the head. "I hope not." And then a laugh.
BRADENTON, Fla. – The Pittsburgh Pirates have no idea who the last two members of their starting rotation will be with opening day just two weeks and a day away.
It is kind of like that Christmas present underneath the tree that you can’t wait to open. That is how Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton and so many others feel about top pitching prospect Paul Skenes.
BRADENTON, Fla. – Derek Shelton has some perspective on Martin Perez. Shelton was the Minnesota Twins bench coach in 2019 before becoming the Pittsburgh Pirates manager the following season.
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Derek Shelton made one thing clear on more than one occasion this past week: David Bednar will be the Pirates’ closer this season. That might be an obvious declaration considering the success Bednar has experienced in his three years in Pittsburgh, which include a pair of All-Star appearances.
BRADENTON — The vibes were flying as high as the Florida sun as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened up their 2024 spring training at Pirate City on Wednesday.
Derek Shelton has played a good-natured back-and-forth game with the media in each of his first four seasons as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager. Someone will ask Shelton on the first day of spring training who will be the Pirates’ opening-day starter.
The Pittsburgh Pirates walked out of PNC Park last Oct. 1 feeling pretty good about themselves. The Pirates went 18-13 in their last 31 games, beating the playoff-bound Miami Marlins in the season finale.
GM Ben Cherington made it clear that the Pirates’ offseason work is far from over.
Ke’Bryan Hayes is always quick to say he does not put much emphasis on individual awards. However, the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman admits he was ecstatic to win the National League Gold Glove at his position.
Which MLB managers could be playing for their job in 2024?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Derek Shelton took his seat at his podium in the lobby of the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center and quickly stated the obvious in response to his first question about the rotation.
Cubs manager David Ross found himself in hot water after some comments he made about the Pirates, but cleaned them up as well as he could.
Shelton said on 93.7 The Fan that Andy Haines and Oscar Marin are likely to return next season. Two members of the current Pittsburgh Pirates’ coaching staff will likely return for the 2024 season, according to manager Derek Shelton.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As Derek Shelton and Oscar Marin were talking in Kauffman Stadium's visitor's dugout after the eighth inning, the manager's assumption was Johan Oviedo's evening was done.
Does the manager need to go? The stagnation and regression of Bryan Reynolds, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Rodolfo Castro — just to name a few — almost certainly spell the end of Andy Haines’ tenure in Pittsburgh.
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