Tag Archives: Pittsburgh Pirates

Major League Baseball is officially back. There were questions as to whether there would be a MLB season after games were canceled and owners and players could not come to agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. Now, both parties have a new agreement in place and the free agency …

Gator fans know what Cincinnati Reds shortstop Jonathan India is capable of. From 2016-2018, India played college ball under Kevin O’Sullivan. The 2018 SEC Player of the Year had a storied career at Florida. In 2017, he was a starter for the University of Florida’s lone College World Series victory. …

With Opening Day turning the corner and heading for home, it’s time to talk baseball. To be completely honest, the NL Central does not look competitive outside of its division. Within the division, the competition stiffens, but don’t look for any of these teams to win the Series anytime soon. …

There’s not much that can phase pitcher Jameson Taillon. He survived a battle with cancer in 2017. Then, the Pirates’ righthander underwent his second Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the entire 2020 season. He was then traded on Jan. 24 from Pittsburgh to the Yankees. Taillon met with …

On October 24, 2019, the Chicago Cubs hired former Florida Gator David Ross as their manager. Ross replaced skipper Joe Maddon and signed him to a three-year contract. Hopes for a Return to the Diamond Ross’s first year taking on a managerial role has come to a halt due to …

December 2019, Gerrit Cole signed a nine-year contract with the New York Yankees. The pitcher will make his spring debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight, February 24 at 6:35. Aaron Judge — outfielder for the Yankees — says that the news of Cole’s signing was exciting. Cole’s History The 29-year-old …

Yankees newly acquired pitcher Gerrit Cole participated in his first formal workout with the team yesterday. Cole joined the team this offseason after signing a nine-year contract worth $324 million dollars (a record for a pitcher). Welcome to Cole World. @GerritCole45 pic.twitter.com/UlzBnYMjYf — New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 12, 2020 …

The 2019 MLB regular season has come to a close, and several teams are making a change at the manager position. Here are the teams in need of a new skipper. Los Angeles Angels Today, the Los Angeles Angels announced that Brad Ausmus will not return as manager in 2020. …

The Midsummer Classic is over and it’s time for teams to resume play for the second half. The National League has a few close races in each division and there’s a lot of games left for a shift to occur.  There are some teams in the NL that look like …

Former Florida baseball player and major league infielder David Eckstein joined the Pittsburgh Pirates front office as their special assistant for baseball operations. This is Eckstein’s first front office role in Major League Baseball. Eckstein will work alongside his brother Rick Eckstein, the Pirates’ hitting coach. College Baseball Career Eckstein began …