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Monday notes… Cubs lineup: The Pirates lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Pirates lineup. Ben Brown, RHP vs. Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP Ben Brown’s first two starts this year, after being pressed into the rotation due to injuries, were very good. The third, last Tuesday vs. the Brewers, […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54 Pirates 2, Cubs 1: Should Ben Brown have gone one more inning? Cubs vs. Pirates, Monday 5/25, 5:40 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Monday 5/25, 12:35 CT
The Pittsburgh Steelers tight end room has quietly become one of the more intriguing position groups on the roster heading into 2026 — and at least one national analyst believes it deserves much more attention. In a recent ranking of the NFL’s top tight end units, Bucky Brooks placed the Steelers fifth overall, citing the […]
The Evgeni Malkin-to-Minnesota conversation started up in speculation in January, when Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos reported that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was “laying low in the weeds, looking to make another significant trade,” wondering whether Kirill Kaprizov could help convince Malkin to join M...
SITE NOTE: “Three up, three down,” the review of the previous week for the Cubs, will run tomorrow, since today’s a holiday and there’s an afternoon game today. The Cubs have lost eight straight. That, you already know. The Pirates have lost six of their last nine. Something’s gotta give in this four-game series. For […]
The Pittsburgj Pirates are about to start another big divisional series when they face off against the Chicago Cubs. Pittsburgh is 2-1 this season against Chicago winning the first series. The first game against each other was on April 10 at Wrigley Field where the only scoring came from a two run home run by […]
Vitals Player: Egor ChinakhovBorn: February 1, 2001 (Age 24/25 season)Height: 6’ 1”Weight: 203 poundsHometown: Omsk, RussiaShoots: LeftDraft: 2020 first round (21st overall) by the Columbus Blue Jackets2025-26 Statistics: 72 games played, 21 goals, 21 assists = 42 points (w/ Penguins: 43 games played, 18 goals, 18 assists=36 points); 6 games played, 0 goals, 0 assists in playoffs.Contract Status: Just completed a two-year contract originally signed […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been one of the least innovative teams in the NFL over the last number of years, specifically on the defensive side of the ball. Their predictability on defense was emblematic of the final years of the Mike Tomlin era, which led to mediocre-to-good regular seasons but consistent failures in the postseason. […]
In the NFL’s highly-structured offseason, it’s hard to be ahead of schedule. But this year, the Steelers offense is slightly ahead of where it was in 2025. Last spring, starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn’t sign with the Steelers until June, missing organized team actives (OTAs) entirely. But in 2026, while Rodgers still took some time […]
Pirates 4 Blue Jays 1 The worst parts about today’s game was that Dylan Cease and Vladimir Guerrero each left the game with injuries. Cease in the fifth, the Jays are calling it hamstring discomfort, which is about as good as the news could be. Vlad was hit on the inside of the right arm […]
Time for a sweep. Two games under .500 and tied to for the last Wild Card spot. It seems strange to have a playoff spot while being under .500, but I’ll take it. Nathan Lukes is playing for Dunedin today, so he should be back soon. George Springer is hitting again, six game hitting streak […]
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays, May 24, 2026, 12:15 p.m. ET Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pitching Matchup: Mitch Keller (4-2, 3.86 ERA) vs. Dylan Cease (3-2, 2.98 ERA) The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the Toronto Blue Jays looking to grab a win. Please remember our […]
Frank Seravalli threw out a list of 25 trade targets for the off-season. Interestingly, no Penguin players were on the list. Last summer, Seravalli included players like Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell at times. Following a playoff appearance this season, it doesn’t seem like those names are quite in the rumor mill like […]
The Steelers have freed up some cap space entering the summer. According to a report from PennLive’s Nick Farabaugh, Pittsburgh has restructured tight end Pat Freiermuth’s contract by converting some of his salary into a signing bonus. “He’s basically getting paid nearly $6M in a lump sum,” Farabaugh wrote in a reply on X. “It […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins faced a win or pack it in for the year situation in Game 5 of the best-of-five series against the Springfield Thunderbirds. Unlike the majority of the very closely contested series, this game wasn’t in doubt very long. Tristan Broz scored two of the Pens’ four goals in the first period, finally […]
Pirates 2 Blue Jays 5 I thought we were in tough against Paul Skenes today. And then George Springer started the game with a home run And then got three more run on him in the sixth, after the Pirates tied it in the top of the inning. In the sixth: That was it for […]
Live from Delaware, it’s Saturday Night! I, NAS204PSU, am here at BTSC to bring you this Saturday Night Open Thread (aka SNOT). It’s Memorial Day weekend, and many of us in the USA get to enjoy an extra long weekend, even if it’s a rainy/dreary one for those of us in the Northeast. A federal holiday just […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins accomplished two things this past season: Getting Sidney Crosby another run at the Stanley Cup playoffs (though it was a short run), while continuing their search for younger pieces for the future (see: Chinakhov, Egor). GM Kyle Dubas will continue to try to straddle that delicate line again this summer. And to that end, Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now has suggested four young players that Dubas can try to acquire over the next couple of months. We'll start...
Jays are in tough against Paul Skenes. The Jays say that Addison Barger will start throwing and hitting tomorrow. And Tommy Nance and Joe Mantiply should start throwing tomorrow too. And Max Scherzer is throwing as well, he threw 30 pitches n the bullpen yesterday. Today’s Lineups PIRATES BLUE JAYS Nick Gonzales – 2B George […]
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays, May 23, 2026, 3:07 p.m. ET Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pitching Matchup: Paul Skenes (6-3, 2.62 ERA) vs. Patrick Corbin (1-1, 4.23 ERA) The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the Toronto Blue Jays looking to grab a win. Please remember our […]
The writing is on the wall for Mason Rudolph. As the Pittsburgh Steelers began OTAs this past week, it was Will Howard taking QB2 reps while Rudolph was QB3. With the Steelers also adding Drew Allar in the third round of the draft, it certainly looks like Mason Rudolph will be the odd man out […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers quietly have a very good running back room. While they won’t get the mass attention of Saquon Barkley or Bijan Robinson, Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle are the only duo in the NFL t0 have both rushed for 1,000 yards in 2025. Because of the one-two punch Pittsburgh has in its backfield, […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers had what was, for them, a standard season in 2025. The team won just enough games to run Mike Tomlin’s streak of seasons without a losing record to 19 en route to the playoffs. But as has also become the norm, the Steelers were one-and-done in the playoffs for the sixth consecutive […]
Since there were no upsets for conference final teams in the NHL playoffs (gah) the Penguins won’t advance their selection and are locked in at 22nd overall for the draft. With the event approaching in about a month, some rankings, mock drafts and other tidbits are starting to creep up. Now that the venerable Bob […]
Pirates 2 Blue Jays 6 That game had everything. Good pitching. Timely hits. Good defense. And stuff to argue about. Let’s start with that. In the eighth, Mason Fluharty started the inning with a walk and a single. In comes Louis Varland. He gets: Great job by Varland to get out of the inning with […]