BRADENTON, Fla. 鈥� Jung Ho Kang鈥檚 English is improving in his second year in the United States and he has gained great command of at least one word.鈥淕ood,鈥� the Pittsburgh third baseman said when asked about his health before a spring training workout. 鈥淕ood. Real good.鈥滲y all ...
Here are five players to watch this spring as the Pirates get started on what they hope will be a fourth consecutive season with a playoff berth:<strong>JUNG HO KANG</strong>The infielder鈥檚 fine rookie season ended abruptly last September when he broke his left leg ...
The Pirates lost 43 home runs from the left side of their infield during the off-season.That is a big blow for any team, even one that had the second-best regular-season record in the major leagues last season at 98-64 before losing to the Chicago Cubs in the winner-take-all National League ...
The time has come for bargain shopping on the free agent market with the start of spring training less than two weeks away.And nobody likes finding bargains quite like the Pirates.While the Pirates don鈥檛 have any major holes to fill in their lineup or rotation, they could use pitching depth ...
The time has come for bargain shopping on the free agent market with the start of spring training less than two weeks away.And nobody likes finding bargains quite like the Pirates.While the Pirates don鈥檛 have any major holes to fill in their lineup or rotation, they could use pitching depth ...
Three thoughts on the Pirates:1. McCutchen鈥檚 long-term futureThis can be placed in the clip-and-save file or, to be more modern, the take-a-screenshot file.In a USA TODAY story this past week, Pirates owner Bob Nutting said this to Bob Nightengale, the newspaper鈥檚 baseball columnist, about ...
