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One of the positions for the Pirates that is not in question for 2021 is Jacob Stallings as the starting catcher. However, when Stallings needs a day off, who is going to be the man behind him working behind the plate. As the Pittsburgh Pirates entered Spring Training 2020, one of the biggest questions on the field loomed around the catcher's role. The clear-cut starter was Jacob Stallings, but this was his first time as a starting catcher at the Major League level. Turns out not only was Stallings a good option, but he turned out to be one of the best catchers in all of Major League baseball as he was nominated for a Gold Glove award. Stallings is back in 2021, but now the question looms around who will be doing the back-up catching duties behind him. Catcher is one position the Pirates are not very deep at, and that could pose a problem for one of the most injury-prone positions on the field. One of General Manager Ben Cherrington's goals this off-season is to add...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a flurry of moves to clear space on their 40-man roster this weekend. Here are all the guys outright and what other moves you may have missed as the first full weekend of the off-season has passed us by. The first weekend of the 2020 - 2021 off-season has come and gone and, as expected,  the Pirates have been a very active bunch. The big moves of the weekend came when the club declined Chris Archer's club option, the claiming of Michael Perez, and the DFA'ing Nick Burdi, more on that to come later in the week. However, there was a flurry of smaller moves made throughout the weekend that you might have missed out on. With 11 players on the Pirates injured list, room needed to be made to bring some of those injured guys back, and some people had to end up being designated for assignment. On Friday, the Pirates 40-man roster was full with all the injured players. Now, there are five opened spots and room for the Pirates to add to their team ...

It is official, the Major League Baseball 2020 regular season is set to begin on Thursday, July 23rd, with the Pirates beginning the next day. Now it's time to predict who will be available off the bench for the Pittsburgh Pirates when the season begins in St. Louis. Ever since MLB teams have been getting back to their summer camps, there has been an excitement in the air about the 2020 season. In a 60-game shortened season anything can happen, and every team at least has a shot at catching lightning in a bottle and going on a run. With off-days coming few and far between this year, a team's bench is going to be more important than ever as they will be called upon to give guys a break more often than in years past. With wins being more important than ever, the bench is going to have to be able to step in and keep the lineup going when the starters are out so the team can stay on track. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a ton of options available to fill their bench with a...

As we await the start of the 2020 MLB season due to Corona Virus concerns, we will take a look at every player on the Pirates roster and outline what they will bring to the table and projections for the 2020 season. I hope this brings some positive reading to the current situation and helps us all as we wait for baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates had a relatively quiet off-season in 2019, but one of the players they did sign was 29-year old catcher Luke Maile. After the departures of Francisco Cervelli and Elias Diaz, the Pirates were looking for depth at the catcher position to help Jacob Stallings. Maile doesn't have the flashy offensive numbers that are going to spike fan interest, but he is a solid defensive option behind the plate to help the current roster. Maile signed a one-year deal over the off-season with Pittsburgh after spending the last three years with the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2019, Maile hit .151 with two home runs and nine RBI in just 44 game...