Oneil Cruz insists he's a shortstop. The Dominican Republic native was 6-foot-1 or so 16-year-old when the Pittsburgh Pirates signed him. The 22-year-old has stretched out to 6 feet, 7 inches during his slow steady rise through Pittsburgh's system.
PNC Park naming rights have been extended for a decade by the Pittsburgh Pirates and PNC Bank, with the original 1999 deal set to expire this year. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Pirates and PNC broke ground for the ballpark on April 7, 1999, and PNC Park officially opened its gates April 9, 2001.
Mar. 4—David Bednar might be new to the Pirates. But he isn't new to Pittsburgh. Take how the Mars Area High School alumnus greeted his new bosses for what was something like an "entrance meeting" heading into his first spring training with the club. "He jumped on (the Zoom call), and the first thing he said to (general manager Ben Cherington) and I was, 'How yinz doing today?'" Pirates ...
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38 | P | |
51 | P | |
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29 | P | |
97 | P | |
45 | P | |
32 | P | |
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23 | P | |
67 | P | |
39 | P | |
36 | P | |
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50 | P |
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5 | C | |
58 | C |
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64 | SS | |
61 | SS | |
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26 | 2B | |
2 | SS | |
13 | 3B | |
19 | 3B | |
27 | SS | |
3 | SS |
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6 | LF | |
95 | CF | |
14 | CF | |
25 | RF | |
10 | CF |