After 144 years, the Pittsburgh Pirates are back in neutral. Somehow, the Pirates have won exactly as many games as they've lost, a stretch that dates back to their inaugural season as 1992. They've fallen back to .500 all-time because of an eight-game losing streak. The Twins and cycle-hitting Byron Buxton beat Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Once again, the Pittsburgh Pirates are having a terrible season. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. Pirates fans have to accept that they won't be a winning baseball team anytime soon. Under the oversight of Bob Nutting,

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a decision on Oneil Cruz after he left Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins and Pirates played to a draw through eight innings on Sunday as MLB wraps up its first half. The Pirates rallied against Jhoan Duran in the ninth, however, and held on for a 2-1 victory and avoiding a sweep in Minneapolis.

The Pittsburgh Pirates face the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a 3-game series at Target Field in Minneapolis Friday.

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The MLB Draft is deep in college pitching and prep shortstops, positions where the Pittsburgh Pirates hit home runs with their past two first-round picks in Paul Skenes and Konnor Griffin. It’s no wonder Pirates general manager Ben Cherington has vowed to take the best player available with the No.

After getting dealt their eighth consecutive loss at the hands of the Minnesota Twins, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped to 10,877-10,877 across their entire 144-year history.