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Teams that like to delay promoting top prospects until the point in the year when it's late enough to avoid giving the player a shot at Super 2 status in arbitration can breathe easily now, as we're well past that date, as shown by recent and imminen...

Blog | June 18, 2013

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Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier hit upper-deck homers off left-hander Francisco Liriano, and the Cincinnati Reds moved a season-high 15 games over .500 by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Monday night.

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Rookie Gerrit Cole won again, getting home run help from Pedro Alvarez and pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Sunday.

ATLANTA -- Braves slugger Evan Gattis has a total of two hits in 21 at-bats in June, so the threat of his impact on games probably outweighs his actual production. But the mere threat is tangible, maybe because rival pitchers, catchers and manager...

Blog | June 16, 2013

Dodgers 5, Pirates 3(11)

There are currently five teams in the majors with 40 or more wins, and three of them play in the National League Central. From top to bottom, the American League East might be a little bit stronger, but on Friday we got a good look at the ...

Jeff Locke allowed just two hits over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Friday night.

A.J. Burnett is wearing a walking boot over his torn right calf and isn't sure when he'll be ready to return.

Jim Callis profiles recent call-ups Gerrit Cole and Mike Zunino and updates his top 10 prospect rankings for the 2013 fantasy season.

Story | Conversation | June 14, 2013

Matt Cain allowed two hits over 6 2/3 innings and the San Francisco Giants pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0 on Thursday night.

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed ace A.J. Burnett on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf and filled his roster spot by activating right-hander Charlie Morton, who returns to the majors almost a year to the day after having Tommy John surgery.

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Starling Marte had a career-high four hits and scored four times and the Pittsburgh Pirates

San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro is out indefinitely with an injury to the pinkie finger on his left hand.