http://www.post-gazette.com/pirates/ Pirates coverage / MLB news en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:40:27 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076797-455.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- Just before the close of trade-deadline business today, Pirates closer Octavio Dotel was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-handed pitcher James McDonald, and left-handed reliever Javier Lopez to San Francisco for first-baseman outfielder John Bowker and right-hander Joe Martinez. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076790-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- The Pirates and Arizona today completed a trade in which the Diamondbacks sent veteran catcher Chris Snyder, minor-league shortstop Pedro Ciriaco and $3 million in cash in exchange for reliever D.J. Carrasco, outfielder Ryan Church, infielder Bobby Crosby, a deal that at mid-day today received Major League Baseball approval because of the cash. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076796-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml The Pirates are not expecting to trade pitcher Paul Maholm in advance of today's 4 p.m. deadline, according to a team source. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076753-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- All through a long, long night, the Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals combined for plenty of potent pitching and dynamite defense. But big hits? Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076739-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- The Pirates were discussing a trade of starter Paul Maholm with several teams in advance of Major League Baseball's 4 p.m. deadline today, but they were adamant they would complete one only if the price is right. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:59:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10212/1076724-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- Andrew McCutchen bounced back for real this time. The Pirates' best player was back atop the order and in center field Friday after sitting out the previous day in Denver to rest his aggravated right shoulder. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076668-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076472-126.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076470-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml ST. LOUIS -- The Pirates would be willing to trade a starting pitcher, general manager Neal Huntington said this afternoon, but only if the price is right. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076425-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Paul Maholm's pitching line would appear to wholly explain the Pirates' 9-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies Thursday afternoon at Coors Field: He was charged with eight runs on 11 hits and three walks in lasting just 5 1/3 innings. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076411-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Whatever lingering concerns the Pirates had about Ross Ohlendorf, they were mostly allayed Thursday. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076401-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076273-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Paul Maholm was charged with eight runs in 5 1/3 innings in the Pirates' deflating 9-3 loss to Colorado this afternoon at Coors Field, allowing the Rockies to avert a three-game sweep and end an eight-game losing streak. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076231-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Andrew McCutchen was scratched from the Pirates' lineup for the game this afternoon against the Colorado Rockies due to soreness in the right shoulder that was aggravated last night with a catch against the center-field fence Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076236-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Craig Hansen, the largely forgotten reliever acquired in the Jason Bay trade, has been cleared to pitch for the first time since April 2009 and has been added to the roster of high Class A Bradenton Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076175-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Anyone who says baseball players are not tough ... how about Ross Ohlendorf? Or Andrew McCutchen? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076132-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- One by one, many of the Pirates' top prospects have fallen to injury this summer, mostly of the highly unpredictable and unpreventable variety. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076134-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml By the time you read this, the number of Major League Baseball players with 600 home runs might have swollen to seven, but it'll be an ugly swelling, marked by the telltale needle marks of guilt and suspicion. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1076142-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075924-126.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075770-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Nate McLouth went from being one of the Pirates' cornerstone players to the primary piece in what probably was this management team's most controversial trade to ... the minor leagues? Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075852-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- Gorkys Hernandez, one of the Pirates' top outfield prospects, will be out three to four months because of his fractured right ring finger, according to director of player development Kyle Stark this morning Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1076076-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- The Pirates' Ross Ohlendorf was struck in the right side of the head by a line drive from Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning of tonight's game at Coors Field. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075825-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml DENVER -- If the Pirates' inability to win on the road really is mostly a mind-over-matter issue, then perhaps this will represent the first significant mental hurdle cleared. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:02:00 -0400