Chris Adamski stories, Page 162
Pirates get to Hyun-Jin Ryu, but Dodgers pound Joe Musgrove in 7-2 L.A. win
The Pittsburgh Pirates hit Hyun-Jin Ryu better, harder and more often than anyone had hit the veteran left-hander this season. Unfortunately for them, the Los Angeles Dodgers hit Joe Musgrove more. The Dodgers pounded seven extra-base hits and 10 hits overall over five innings against Musgrove, and they extended their...
Pirates top prospect Mitch Keller reportedly will make MLB debut Monday
Top Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Mitch Keller will make his major league debut Monday, according to a report from MLB.com. Keller will start one of the Pirates’ two games that day in Cincinnati against the Reds. The Pirates have yet to announce who will start either game. Top #pirates prospect @mkeller11...
After giving Pirates ‘street cred’ 6 years ago, Russell Martin makes return to Pittsburgh
For the first time since the 2014 wild-card game, Russell Martin appeared in a game at PNC Park on Saturday night. Martin was one of the stars on the first Pittsburgh Pirates team to have a winning record or qualify for the postseason in a 21-year span when they took...
Francisco Liriano as an ‘opener?’ He doesn’t want to — and the Pirates agree
Things are so desperate for the Pittsburgh Pirates in regards to the health of their starting rotation they recently used two Triple-A pitchers as “openers” for three games over a span of a week. As luck would have it, the Pirates have a former All-Star starting pitcher in their bullpen,...
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle says injury bug like ‘nothing’ he’s seen before
It was almost four weeks ago an exasperated Clint Hurdle, after looking at his team’s 15-player injured list, suggested perhaps that was just the Pittsburgh Pirates “new normal.” Twenty-eight games and six more players headed to the IL later, the veteran manager of more than 2,500 MLB games suggested he...
Pirates yet to divulge plans for starting rotation
Clint Hurdle confirmed Jordan Lyles would stay on turn in the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation and start Tuesday’s game at the Cincinnati Reds. And Chris Archer is starting Sunday’s home series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Beyond that? Hurdle wasn’t saying — at least he wasn’t saying before Saturday’s game....
Pirates add Dovydas Neverauskas, Rookie Davis to bullpen, place Chris Stratton on IL
The Pittsburgh Pirates added two right-handed pitchers to their staff Saturday afternoon. In 78 combined career MLB innings, the pair has a 7.50 ERA. Dovydas Neverauskas was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis, and the contract of Rookie Davis was selected from the Triple-A Indians. Neverauskas allowed seven earned runs in 12⁄3...
What Michael Thomas’ extension with Saints could mean for Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster
As a former second-round pick still on his rookie contract who has become a 100-catch centerpiece of an offense, the New Orleans Saints’ Michael Thomas has plenty in common with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster. As such, how likely contract-extension negotiations play out this summer between Thomas and the Saints...
Steelers’ latest Slash — Trevor Wood — knows tight end is how he’ll get noticed
He probably won’t ever sell as many Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys as Kordell Stewart did two decades ago. But Trevor Wood is the Steelers’ newest “Slash.” One of only two player on the team’s official 91-man offseason roster listed at two positions (center/guard B.J. Finney is the other), rookie undrafted free...
Joe Haden: Steelers should embrace rare ‘underdog’ label
If there’s one player more than anyone else on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster who understands what it’s like to enter a season as an underdog, it’s probably Joe Haden. Haden spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Cleveland Browns – and they went 29-83 in that time. So with...
Steelers’ Jordan Dangerfield earns college degree, walks in Towson ceremony
Six years after leaving Towson University for the NFL, Jordan Dangerfield returned to his alma mater to receive his degree. The Pittsburgh Steelers safety was absent from the voluntary organized team activity practice session Thursday at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “It means a lot,” Dangerfield told Steelers.com. “I’m just...
Steelers’ James Washington: I appreciate Ben Roethlisberger’s leadershipVideo
Antonio Brown was no fan of the way Ben Roethlisberger would criticize his play. But Brown’s former teammate feels much differently about the same thing. Brown wasn’t the only target of Roethlisberger during the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback’s weekly radio show two days after a loss against the Broncos last November....
Steelers’ James Washington sheds weight, memories of rookie season
The memory of a subpar rookie season wasn’t the only thing that now won’t be weighing James Washington down in Year 2 with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fifteen lost pounds also aren’t being carried in 2019, a slimmer and trimmer Washington said Thursday after an organized team activity session at the...
Another interception for Steelers 1st-team defense at OTAs
One of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ priorities for this season was to increase their takeaways. It’s extremely early — but so far, so good in that department. For the second consecutive day at organized team activities, the Steelers first-team defense intercepted Ben Roethlisberger during the “seven shots” drill that traditionally opens...
Rookie Matthew Wright given shot to unseat Chris Boswell as Steelers kicker
Matthew Wright took an internship in his chosen field of studies – aerospace engineering – as a senior, and he got a job after his December graduation at Lockheed Martin. Just in case this whole football thing didn’t work out. But the Pittsburgh Steelers called during the draft, and there...
CB Mike Hilton unsigned but present at Steelers OTAs
He’s officially not under contract, but Mike Hilton is holding down his customary spot at Pittsburgh Steelers organized team activities. After Wednesday’s session at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Hilton confirmed both that he has yet to sign the exclusive-rights free agent tender the Steelers have presented him with and...
Ex-Steelers WR Antonio Brown a no-show at opening of Raiders OTAs
Many of Antonio Brown’s former Pittsburgh Steelers teammates were asked about Brown on Tuesday during the Steelers’ first organized team activity session of 2019. Anyone expecting Brown to speak to media about his former team, though, didn’t get that chance because according to multiple reports Brown was not present Tuesday...
In 1st drills among veterans, Steelers rookie WR Diontae Johnson stays outside and not in slot
As the Pittsburgh Steelers begin to sort out their wide receivers corps in the post-Antonio Brown era, at least initially Diontae Johnson fit in on the outside. Less than four weeks after he was taken with a pick toward the beginning of the third round, Johnson confirmed he was drilling...
Entering 11th year, Ramon Foster happy to still be with Steelers
By definition as an undrafted free agent in 2009, the odds were against Ramon Foster even making the Pittsburgh Steelers as a rookie. In 2013, few expected him to earn a multi-year deal with the team once he hit unrestricted free agency. It was even more surprising to most when...
Steelers veteran Ramon Foster says team is closer than ever
Aside from Ben Roethlisberger, no player has been part of the Pittsburgh Steelers longer than Ramon Foster. And on the opener of 2019 organized team activities, Foster insisted what was a tumultuous Steelers offseason didn’t tear the team apart. “I feel like we are closer now than we ever have...
Marcus Gilbert seeks to clarify comments that he ‘disappointed’ Steelers fans
A day after an ESPN report came out that relayed comments Marcus Gilbert made shortly after a March trade from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Arizona Cardinals, Gilbert sought to clarify his words. “Very disappointed, misrepresentation,” a post to the verified Twitter account of Gilbert read Friday. It appears, however,...
Ravens reportedly work out another former Steelers linebacker, Jon Bostic
Four months after signing Matthew Thomas, the Baltimore Ravens are reportedly kicking the tires on another former Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker. Jon Bostic was brought in for a workout, presumably with the intention to consider signing him, The Athletic reported Friday. Sounds like ILB Jon Bostic, who started 14 games...
Ex-Penn State QB Tommy Stevens transferring to Mississippi State
Former Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens decided where he will spend his final year of college football. Stevens will join the Mississippi State, the fifth-year senior announced on his verified Twitter account Friday. The Mississippi State athletic department confirmed the news. Hail State! ? pic.twitter.com/5sftwixC57— Tommy Stevens (@TMS_II) May 17,...
Redskins? Raiders? Giants? You can wager on what team will be on HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’
It’s must-watch late-summer television for the hardcore NFL fan. Soon, the announcement will be made as to what team will be featured on it. SportsBetting.ag is allowing you to bet on that. The gambling site has established the Washington Redskins as the favorites to host the show at +125 (in...
‘Quick learner’ Dravon Askew-Henry can contribute to Steelers as rookie
Dravon Askew-Henry recognizes the modern NFL safety has a long and varied job description. The former Aliquippa and West Virginia standout insists he can handle the gig for the Pittsburgh Steelers. An undrafted free agent signed after the draft, Askew-Henry joins a team that would seem to have an opening...
