Mitch Keller, the longest-standing member of the Pittsburgh Pirates' starting rotation, tossed 3.0 scoreless innings against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.

The Pittsburgh Pirates' hopes of reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2015 will lean heavily on its starting pitching. Through two starts, Mitch Keller has looked the part for Pittsburgh in spring training.

It never dawned on Mitch Keller that he took the mound for their Grapefruit League home opener a year to the day after he signed a five-year, $77 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mitch Keller made his second start of the spring for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at LECOM Park in Bradenton. The right-hander twirled three-scoreless innings, upping his spring total to five-shutout frames.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gone nine years without ... velocity and lack of a long-term extension. Mitch Keller's ceiling may not be as high as Skenes, Jones or Chandler's, but he has made ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Minnesota Twins, 5-1 on Sunday to start the 2025 exhibition season at 2-0. Mitch Keller started for the Pirates and threw two scoreless innings, and Caleb Ferguson fired two scoreless innings in his Pirates debut.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent years stuck in a vicious ... as well as one of baseball’s better starting pitching trios. From Mitch Keller to Jared Jones, and eventually Bubba Chandler ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made arguably their biggest free agency signing of the offseason, signing Andrew Heaney to a one-year, $5 million deal. Heaney earning $5 million from the Pirates ties him with Andrew McCutchen for the team's richest free agent signing of the offseason, as sad as that is to say.

From Mirror, wire reports FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates improved to 4-2 in Grapefruit League action Thursday, thanks to a 12-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in exhibition play. Jack Suwinski went 2-for-3 with a double,

The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their spring training schedule with a pair of victories, 10-5 against Baltimore on Saturday and 5-1 over Minnesota on Sunday. Sunday’s game was the opener in Bradenton. Starting pitcher Mitch Keller pitched a pair of scoreless innings.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Last season, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller had to get used to sharing a rotation with star rookies Paul Skenes and Jared Jones. This spring, there's an even fresher ...

It never dawned on Mitch Keller that he took the mound for their ... $77 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not having it on his mind was liberating. "Now I can just play ...