BRADENTON, Fla. 鈥� Gregory Polanco says he doesn鈥檛 feel he has anything to prove this season.Still 鈥︹�淚 know I am a better player than I showed last year,鈥� the Pirates right fielder said. 鈥淧eople are going to see that this year.鈥漈he 23-year-old did not say that with arrogance. It ...
BRADENTON, Fla. 鈥� It appears the Pirates are ready to turn another disappointing pitcher鈥檚 career around.Right-handed reliever Arquimedes Caminero has been the talk of an otherwise quiet spring training camp.Acquired from the Miami Marlins on Feb. 4 for cash considerations, Caminero has 16 ...
BRADENTON, Fla. 鈥� The regular season is more than a week away from starting but the Pirates already lead the major leagues in one category.They have 10 players on their 40-man roster who are out of minor-league options.They are left-hander Jeff Locke, right-handers Arquimedes Caminero, ...
BRADENTON, Fla. --- Andrew Lambo looks back on last year鈥檚 spring training as a learning experience, albeit a painful one.The Pirates expected Lambo would be the left-handed hitting half of a first base platoon with Gaby Sanchez.They felt Lambo was ready to blossom into a power threat after ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Chris Carter hit his second homer of the spring and started an eight-run fifth inning with a double Sunday as the Houston Astros roughed up Charlie Morton in a 14-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.Carter went 3 for 3 and drove in two runs for Houston. The first ...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Pittsburgh鈥檚 Francisco Liriano and Boston鈥檚 Wade Miley tossed several scoreless innings apiece Saturday before bowing out in a game that ended in a 2-2 tie.Liriano, who was named the Pirates鈥� opening day starter, struck out six and scattered two hits and three ...