With slightly more than a month of the season remaining, Pirates right-hander Charlie Morton is threatening to have one of the worst years by any starting pitcher in major league history. Despite spending nearly three months in Triple-A, Morton is 1-10 with a 10.03 ERA in 11 starts for the last-place Pirates.
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Jonathon Niese got a rain-shortened complete-game victory Saturday night. Unless the Mets make a late playoff push, his season might be cut short, too. Niese pitched a five-hitter, David Wright hit a three-run homer and New York beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 in a game called in the top of the sixth inning after a rain delay of 1 hour, 6 minutes.
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Pirates president Frank Coonelly told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the team will have a "meaningful" payroll increase in 2011. "We have the capacity to add to payroll in a meaningful way," Coonelly said. "We'll be evaluating the trade market and free agency and, if we see a player or players we like, we'll be aggressive in pursuing that player." The Pirates' $39 million payroll is the lowest in the major leagues this season.
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Pirates president Frank Coonelly expects the team's payroll to increase next season, but not to the point where the last-place team can afford to sign a premium free agent. The Pirates began the season with a major league-low $34 million payroll, though Coonelly says the end-of-season figure will be about $44 million.
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David Wright and Jose Reyes each had three of the Mets' slump-ending 15 hits, Mike Pelfrey pitched eight innings and New York assured the Pittsburgh Pirates of their record-extending 18th consecutive losing season, winning 7-2 on Friday night. Chris Carter homered and drove in two runs a night after the Mets were limited to three hits during a 3-2 loss in Houston, causing Mets manager Jerry…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have added 16-year-old Mexican right-hander Luis Heredia to their system, agreeing to purchase his rights from the Veracruz Red Eagles of the Mexican Baseball League. The 6-foot-6 Heredia was ranked by Baseball America as the top pitching prospect internationally entering the year.
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Alex Sanabia pitched 7 2-3 innings of four-hit ball, Gaby Sanchez hit a three-run homer and the Florida Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Thursday night. Sanabia (2-1) allowed one run, struck out five and walked none in his fifth career start. The right-hander was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans on Wednesday night after Sean West was scratched from his start due to right knee…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent right-hander Chris Jakubauskas outright to Triple-A Indianapolis after reinstating him from the 60-day disabled list and removing him from their 40-man roster. Jakubauskas sustained a concussion when he was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Lance Berkman on April 24 in Houston.
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Josh Johnson shook off a five-game winless streak to again be the effective pitcher he was earlier in the season, withstanding two solo home runs over eight innings to lead the Florida Marlins past the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday night. Dan Uggla hit his 28th homer and Cody Ross and Ronny Paulino each doubled and scored to support Johnson (11-5), who hadn't won since July 17.
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Brett Myers has been the most consistent pitcher in the Houston Astros' starting rotation this season.
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