They’re the last words you want to hear if you’re a Blue Jays fan. “Now pinch-hitting for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. …”

The Pittsburgh Pirates are back in town and will be opening a week-long homestand tonight with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Colorado Rockies coming to PNC Park. For some time now, it's been clear that the Pirates won't be making the playoffs this season, but there are still nights when 30,000 fans show up at PNC Park.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are once again the laughing stock of national media headlines: just not at the same publications as usual. Satirical newspaper The Onion

As Ben Cherington discussed how the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to manage their starting rotation for the remainder of the season, the general manager interrupted his train of thought to explain an exception.

The Chicago Cubs have struggled to pull themselves out of this rut. Going 4-6 in their last ten games and 9-11 in the past 20 games, which won’t do against the Milwaukee Brewers, who remain hot.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a promising catcher prospect that they recently moved up in their farm system. The Pirates promoted catcher Axiel Plaz

The Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated 3-1 by the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Tommy Pham homered and Mike Burrows delivered a solid start, but the Cubs rallied in the eighth inning against Evan Sisk for the win.

Dansby Swanson delivered two RBIs, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, to help the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win and take the series against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.