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The Brewers might trade Jonathan Lucroy ... or maybe not (Big League Stew)
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy is a hot commodity this trade season. You can watch Lucroy (in what could be one of his last few games with the team that drafted him) and the Brewers face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, and you can stream it on Yahoo Sports because it’s the MLB Free Game of the Day. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., and you can watch live on Yahoo’s Sports Home, MLB index and video home, in this very post or on the Yahoo Sports app. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:54:39 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Watch Live: Brewers take on Pirates in Free MLB Game of the Day (Big League Stew)
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy is a hot commodity this trade season. You can watch Lucroy (in what could be one of his last few games with the team that drafted him) and the Brewers face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, and you can stream it on Yahoo Sports because it’s the MLB Free Game of the Day. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., and you can watch live on Yahoo’s Sports Home, MLB index and video home, in this very post or on the Yahoo Sports app. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:54:39 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Curt Schilling has more opinions, this time about pitcher prep (Big League Stew)
If there’s one thing we know about Curt Schilling, it’s that he never runs out of things to say. On Wednesday morning, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher went on the Dan Patrick show to share his thoughts on a number of topics, including Aroldis Chapman, and not being asked to speak at the Republican National Convention. Schilling also talked about Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon and his unfortunate head injury. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:08:36 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jonathan Lucroy may be traded... or maybe not (Big League Stew)
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy is a hot commodity this trade season. You can watch Lucroy (in what could be one of his last few games with the team that drafted him) and the Brewers face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, and you can stream it on Yahoo Sports because it’s the MLB Free Game of the Day. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., and you can watch live on Yahoo’s Sports Home, MLB index and video home, in this very post or on the Yahoo Sports app. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:54:39 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Baseball-Highlights of Friday's MLB games (Reuters)
(Adds later games) July 15 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Major League Baseball games on Friday: Nationals 5, Pirates 1 Stephen Strasburg remained unbeaten and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, thanks to several defense breakdowns by the visitors in the key inning. Strasburg (13-0), who gave up one run and three hits with six strikeouts in eight innings, plated the winning run in the four-run seventh on a strange play. With runners on first and third and no outs, Strasburg laid down a nice bunt up the first-base line.Reliever Neftali Feliz picked up the ball and looked home before throwing to first. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:08:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Ten players who should bounce back in the second half (Big League Stew)
Things were much simpler in March. New Boston Red Sox ace David Price looked poised to contend for the American League Cy Young, but only if Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel would give up the crown. In the National League, Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Andrew McCutchen looked like an excellent MVP choice and Giancarlo Stanton was going to take the Miami Marlins back to the playoffs. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:37:50 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Piratesback in the hunt after winning sixth straight game (Big League Stew)
The death of the Pittsburgh Pirates may have been greatly exaggerated. Six games ago, the team was under .500, and there were stories suggesting the club may actually have to consider dealing star outfielder Andrew McCutchen. It’s possible the rest of the Pirates club heard those rumors and decided that wasn’t going to happen. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:06:21 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Pirates back in the hunt after winning sixth straight game (Big League Stew)
The death of the Pittsburgh Pirates may have been greatly exaggerated. Six games ago, the team was under .500, and there were stories suggesting the club may actually have to consider dealing star outfielder Andrew McCutchen. It’s possible the rest of the Pirates club heard those rumors and decided that wasn’t going to happen. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:06:21 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Pirates-A's preview (The Associated Press)
Left-hander Rich Hill will try to pick up where he left off when he makes his first start for the Oakland A's in more than a month Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Oakland Coliseum. Hill is 8-3 with a 2.25 ERA and has a five-game winning streak, but he hasn't started since May 29 against the Detroit Tigers, when he sustained a groin injury that sent him to the disabled list. Despite his long layoff, Hill said his game plan won't change. [read full article]
Posted Sat, 02 Jul 2016 00:39:30 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
