Jeff Karstens News

Rich Donnelly has a new position with the Pittsburgh Pirates. "I don't know what my actual title is, but I'll be there for all the home games and some road games," he said.

The New York Yankees have signed left-handed reliever Damaso Marte to a three-year contract with a club option for 2012.

The New York Yankees on Thursday declined their 2009 option on lefthander Damaso Marte, making him a free agent.

This is the first in a series of looking back on all MLB teams and their respective 2008 seasons.

Bill James and ACTA Sports were nice enough to allow SB Nation to use the Bill James Handbook projections for the 2009 season, so his guesses about the Pirates are posted after the jump.

Azibuck was really idiosyncratic in his projections of just about every player and got a lot of them very, very wrong, but he nailed this one, guessing Snell would have 166 IP, 132 K, 77 BB and a 5.01 ERA.

The numbers for the day include ... 122: Seasons that will be in the books for your PBC after today.

A review of the Pirates' players who spent two or more months on the 25-man roster and finished the season with them, grades based on how they compared to positional or role peers in the National League: ...

Ray Durham strained his hamstring Friday night in Cincinnati. Published Sept. 23, 2008 at 3:26 p.m. Tags: brewers , pirates , miller park , dave bush , ray durham After sitting out the last two games with a ...

As the Pirates stagger toward a 16th consecutive losing season -- the fourth in succession with 90 or more defeats -- and as attendance plunges more than it has at any time since the 100-loss season of 2001, ...

Brewers first inning Mike Cameron reached first base on a fielding error by left fielder Nyjer Morgan.

The Pirates made Milwaukee mighty nervous -- the city and its baseball team -- but Prince Fielder's monster, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Brewers to a stirring 7-5 victory ...

Pre-Game Thoughts The Brewers are hopeful to turn their season around. The Pirates are hopeful the season will end.

Pirates general manager Neal Huntington took part in his last Sunday conversation with the media this weekend before hitting the road for the remainder of the 2008 season.

A homestand that started with such promise has suddenly taken a turn south. The Pirates, who swept the Cardinals out over the weekend, lost a second consecutive decision to visiting Los Angeles on Tuesday ...

Life as a professional athlete certainly produces its share of ups and downs. It didn't take long for Major League Baseball newcomer and current Pittsburgh Pirate Jeff Karstens to find that out.

It would be hard to disprove the theory that Manny Ramirez is the best thing that has happened to the Dodgers this season.

Pre-Game Thoughts Derek Lowe has been doing what he normally does - chew up innings and keep the walks to a minimum.

By all indications, Pirates right-hander Jeff Karstens will make his scheduled start on Tuesday against the Dodgers after being skipped in the rotation over the weekend due to an abscessed tooth.

Adam Wainwright gets the nod for the St. Louis Cardinals this evening, when they resume a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.