Steve Pearce News

Despite Jeff Clement's desire to eventually work his way back behind home plate, the Pirates have every intention of giving Clement the chance to seize the team's immediate vacancy at first base.

Pirates president Frank Coonelly participated in his monthly live online chat with Pirates fans on Wednesday.

Would another lefty hitter like Hank Blalock, right, be the best fit for the Pirates? Browse more photos>> Straight to the point today: one thing I find a bit strange about the idea of the Pirates pursuing Rick Ankiel and/or Hank Blalock is that both those guys are left-handed, whereas most of the Bucs' other options at first base and right field ...

Pittsburgh not only had a bad major league team, but it also had little talent in the farm system.

BaseballProjection.com released their 2010 CHONE projections for hitters over the weekend.

Next season, either Steve Pearce or Jeff Clement could be the Pirates' starting first baseman or at least a power-hitting threat off the bench.

In the Pirates ' final game of the year, the Bucs managed to put a staggering fifteen men on base--ten hits, including a triple, plus four walks and a hit batsman--without plating a single one of them.

Published: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:05 a.m. PITTSBURGH If he thinks about it optimistically, former Lakeland High star Steve Pearce can find good news about shuttling between the minors and majors for the third straight year and hitting just .206 for the team with the second-worst record in ...

An inability to take advantage of numerous scoring opportunities ultimately cost the chance at a series win in Cincinnati and left the Pirates ending the season with a 6-0 loss to the Reds on Sunday in front of 20,940 at Great American Ball Park.

Jonathan Broxton toed the rubber and delivered another blazing fastball. It was thigh height, inner part of the plate, touching 97 miles per hour as it left his hand.

The Pirates' Lastings Milledge keeps Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot from completing a double play in the first inning of the Cubs' 4-0 loss Wednesday at Wrigley Field.

One frequent criticism during Dave Littlefield's tenure in Pittsburgh was that he focused on a player's weaknesses, ignoring the potential value in a limited skill set.

The Pirates rallied from a 6-2 deficit to tie the game against Heath Bell in the ninth, and that inning featured an awesome plate appearance by Steve Pearce , who laid off a number of tough breaking balls to draw a walk and keep the inning going.

Charlie Morton goes against Bronson Arroyo at 12:35 today as the Bucs look for their fourth win in the last 26 games.

Both literally and figuratively, the Pirates are limping to the finish line that is the season's end.

A handful of Pirates fondly remember their success at the 2007 World Cup. The memory of the 2007 baseball World Cup that sticks with catcher Jason Jaramillo involves a jumble of red, white and blue and a lot of yelling.

The Pirates road woes continued in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a crushing walk-off 5-4 extra innings loss to the Dodgers.

I'm getting a serious dose of east coast bias here in Arkansas, which is set in the central time zone; the Dodgers managed to tie this one up after trailing most of the way in regulation following a Steve Pearce homer and Zach Duke's RBI single, both in the second inning.

Ohlendorf held the Houston Astros to just four hits. He worked deep into the game.

It would be easy to get the impression the Pirates are not taking too seriously these 19 home runs Garrett Jones has hit as a 28-year-old rookie.