With two days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates have only made one trade of note this month. Pittsburgh sent infielder Adam Frazier to the Kansas City Royals for minor leaguer Cam Devanney on July 16.

Connor Hamilton, a Montgomery Bell Academy alum, will play for Vanderbilt baseball after being drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Its Tuesday, July 29 and the Pirates (45-62) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (54-53). Bailey Falter is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Justin Verlander for San Francisco. The Bucs took the series opener,

Giants pitcher Carson Whisenhunt rebounded from a shaky start in his MLB debut as San Francisco lost 6-5 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.

Bednar broke a two-month streak of not allowing an earned run on Monday night, but still picked up his 17th save of the season. Meanwhile, Santana owns a 1.39 ERA and minuscule 0.84 WHIP in 45 1/3 innings.

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Meanwhile, Skenes has been his usually dominant self, giving up just three hits and a walk through five scoreless innings, striking out eight. He has worked out of jams in three separate innings. With Cruz on first and nobody out in the second,