Some #Pirates moves:

• Andújar selected
• Mlodzinski reinstated from IL
• Cal Mitchell and Yohan Ramirez DFA’d
• Kranick’s rehab over, optioned to Triple-A

Hayes in August:

.320 BA
.368 OBP
.588 SLG
.401 wOBA
152 wRC+
6 HR
13 R
20 RBI

94.3 MPH Exit Velocity
17.3° Launch Angle
10.3% Barrel%
57.7% HardHit%

I'm pretty sure this makes him the first Filipino American to have a 20/20 season, too.

“I could be in my backyard, throw a ball and hit his roof.”

“Even though you got a popcorn arm?”

“I got a better arm than him.'

On Tahnaj Thomas and Chavez Young, who don't just share a dream, but a purpose.

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Family 🤞🏿🖤 Chavez Young

Tahnaj Thomas my dawg🖤🖤

You’re welcome.

Tahnaj Thomas and Chavez Young grew up together in Freeport, Grand Bahamas. They've been attached at the hip for the last two decades.

Through baseball, they became brothers.

Through tragedy, they became inseparable.

“It was never [just] a friendship.'

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Pinch hitting on Pirates coverage for Justice delos Santos the next few days.

Oviedo (7-13, 4.46 ERA) starts opposite Grienke (1-12, 5.34 ERA) tonight at 7:10 CT.

Pirates lose, 10-1.

They drop three of four to the Cubs.

They're 58-73.

.Mike Persak Saul won. He's at 12 wins.

Bailey Falter's final line: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's, 1 HR

Had to sneak down to the seats real quick because man…this is beautiful.

Cherington on Oneil Cruz potentially returning: 'We're not ruling that out, still. We're going to start to get challenged by the calendar, at least regular season games.'

Cherington says that Luis Ortiz will get another start with the Pirates this time around.

General manager Ben Cherington confirms this on 93.7 The Fan.

'I've said before he was going to pitch in Minor League games in 2023. That's what I would emphasize: he will pitch in 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 games in 2023.'

Cody Bolton has a locker in the Pirates clubhouse

I’ve seen a lot of #stuff as a ball writer. A group of kids trying to storm the press box to see Livvy Dunne is a first.

There have been some big crowds in the history of Peoples Natural Gas Field. Nothing was comparable to Saturday night.

On Paul Skenes’ rough debut in front of a record-setting crowd, as well as what the next month — and year — might hold.

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Tonight's attendance at PNG Field: 10,134. That's the largest crowd in the ballpark's history. The previous high was 9,255.