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World Series Rosters Features 3 Former Pirates
One of the biggest World Series in recent memory will feature a trio of former Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers when the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers square off.
For the Yankees, they boast former Pirates ace Gerrit Cole and reliever Clay Holmes, while relief pitcher Brent Honeywell Jr. is on the Dodgers. Game 1 between the Yankees and Dodgers takes place on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, with first pitch set for 8:08 p.m. ET.
Cole was the No. 1 overall pick for the Pirates in the 2011 MLB Draft out of UCLA. Cole went on to make his big-league debut in 2013 and spent five seasons in Pittsburgh, going 59-42 with a 3.50 ERA while striking out 734 batters over 782 1/3 innings. The former Pirates ace was then traded to the Houston Astros, where he budded into one of the best pitchers in baseball.
There, the six-time All-Star and two-time ERA champion went 15-5 with a 2.88 ERA in 2018 and had a season for the ages in 2019, going 20-5 with a 2.50 ERA to go with 326 strikeouts over 212 1/3 innings.
On the heels of one of the best seasons for a pitcher in recent years, the hard-throwing right-hander signed a nine-year, $324 million deal with the Yankees in free agency. Across his five seasons in New York, Cole has gone 59-28 with a 3.12 ERA and has struck out 915 batters over 759 innings. He won his first Cy Young Award in 2023.
Cole will get the start for the Yankees in Game 1.
Holmes began his career with the Pirates but struggled mightily over his three-plus seasons with the team, going 5-7 with a 5.57 ERA. The Pirates traded him to the Yankees at the 2021 deadline and he has since turned it around, becoming a two-time All-Star and going 19-15 with a 2.69 ERA over 217 2/3 innings pitched with 74 saves.
Honeywell Jr. pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays (2021), San Diego Padres (2023) and Chicago White Sox (2023) before ending up in Pittsburgh. He began this season with Triple-A Indianapolis and only appeared in two games for the Pirates, recording a 2.70 ERA over 3 1/3 innings, before he was designated for assignment on July 12.
The right-handed reliever was claimed by the Dodgers on July 13 and was called up on Aug. 31. He pitched 34 1/3 innings and went 1-1 with a 2.62 ERA over 18 appearances, including one start.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t done making moves on the first day of legal tampering. Per Jordan Schultz, the Steelers are signing former Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle. The South Carolina product rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of the last two seasons, averaging just under five yards per rush in each season.
This comes after the Steelers were very active on unofficial beginning of the new league year. They traded for Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr and also signed cornerback Jamel Dean. Internally, they re-signed cornerback Asante Samuel Jr and linebacker Cole Holcomb.
Dowdle now joins Jaylen Warren in the backfield, replacing Kenneth Gainwell, who left for Tampa Bay. On paper, this is one of the better one-two punches at running back in the NFL.
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Pittsburgh Panthers (12-19, 5-13 ACC) vs. Stanford Cardinal (20-11, 9-9 ACC)
Charlotte, North Carolina; Tuesday, 2 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Stanford faces Pittsburgh in the ACC Tournament.
The Cardinal have gone 9-9 against ACC teams, with an 11-2 record in non-conference play. Stanford has a 3-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Panthers’ record in ACC games is 5-13. Pittsburgh has a 2-2 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Stanford is shooting 43.7% from the field this season, 2.0 percentage points lower than the 45.7% Pittsburgh allows to opponents. Pittsburgh’s 43.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than Stanford has given up to its opponents (45.6%).
The teams square off for the second time this season. Stanford won the last meeting 75-67 on Feb. 26. Ebuka Okorie scored 34 to help lead Stanford to the win, and Cameron Corhen scored 22 points for Pittsburgh.
TOP PERFORMERS: Okorie is scoring 23.1 points per game with 3.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Cardinal. Benny Gealer is averaging 13.1 points and 1.7 steals over the past 10 games.
Corhen is scoring 13.1 points per game with 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Panthers. Barry Dunning Jr. is averaging 13.1 points and 6.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinal: 6-4, averaging 77.9 points, 29.6 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.
Panthers: 3-7, averaging 64.2 points, 29.4 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 6.6 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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