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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The Pirates will have one of their key players back in the lineup Monday night when they open a four-game home series against Milwaukee. Second baseman Neil Walker will be activated...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Pirates' lefty Francisco Liriano says he is ready to go after sitting out spring training and the first six weeks of the regular season. He is scheduled to be activated from the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The Pirates are missing three-quarters of their 2012 rotation in 2013. However, it hasn't held them back so far. Right-handers Jeff Karstens and Charlie Morton have been on the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The circumstances could be ripe Saturday for Russell Martin to make his first major-league appearance in the outfield. Manager Clint Hurdle has been toying with the idea of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH James McDonald knew something wasn't right the last time he started and it went beyond having an awful line in the box score. The Pirates right-hander allowed seven runs, eight hits...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The courtship and eventual signing of left-hander Francisco Liriano by the Pirates last winter lasted longer than some celebrity marriages. It seems the wait for him to take the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Charlie Morton and the Pirates got positive reports from the examinations of the right-hander's shoulder after he left his most recent rehab start early. Morton was diagnosed with...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The Pirates felt Starling Marte had star potential from the day they signed him in 2007 as an international amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. The left fielder and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The Pirates are soon going to have two more pitchers than rotation spots and it will be interesting how they sort things out. Left-hander Francisco Liriano is tentatively...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Francisco Liriano's debut with the Pirates is imminent. The left-hander is scheduled to make a third start for Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday on his rehabilitation assignment,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH One month of Jonathan Sanchez was enough for the Pirates. The left-hander was designated for assignment Tuesday, one night after giving up two runs in 2 1/3 innings in a relief...

The Sports Xchange By Andrew Wagner, The Sports Xchange Weeks' homer leads Brewers past Pirates, 12-8 MILWAUKEE -- Mired in a season-long slump, Rickie Weeks has been spending plenty of extra time in the Brewers' batting cages and video rooms. All the...