Weekly Report: Blah Road Trip, B-Rey Bangin', Hearn Drives Home Six, Stratton Rejoins As Joey Goes To Atlanta
Pirates Stuff:
- RHP Hunter Stratton, who the Bucs drafted in 2017 and made 47 appearances (3-2/4.30) with the big team from 2023-25 until he was traded to Atlanta last summer, was DFA’ed despite a 1-1/2.08 line during his time there. The Pirates got him back by sending C Joey Bart to the Braves for Hunter’s services.
- Konnor Griffin, who was recovering in Florida, is expected to start his rehab stint this week.
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| Bryan Reynolds – 2026 Pirates |
- Bryan Reynolds homered from both sides of the plate for the fourth time in his career on Tuesday. Bobby Bonilla with two R/L HRs in a game is the only other Pirates player to do that more than once.
- LHP Hunter Barco, who’s been having a tough year (2-5/4.89 at Indy) came out of Friday’s game with an arm injury; the docs will give him the once-over early this week.
- The International League Pitcher Of The Week was Indy righty Khristian Curtis. In his first AAA start after being promoted from Altoona, he tossed 5-2/3 shutout innings, giving up one hit, two walks and whiffing ten.
- Welcome to Sacramento – the Jones/Mlodzinski hybrid model didn’t fare so well, and the Bucs dropped the Monday opener 11-2. Jared was haunted by homers and Carmen by misplays in the field. Endy Rodriguez was the bright spot, going 3-for-3 with a homer. The Pirates record sunk under .500 for the first time since 3/31.
- Looked like deja vu all over again…Mitch Keller walks and infield follies put the A’s up 4-0 after an inning. But Kells straightened out, taking it into the sixth, and Bryan Reynolds kept on, with his homer making it 4-3 in the sixth. His second bomb in the seventh tied the game at five, setting up Brandon Lowe, whose solo shot was the bell-ringer in the ninth that gave Mason Montgomery the win with a Gregory Soto save (four bullpen guys posted 3-2/3 shutout frames, praise be) in a 6-5 thrilla. B-Rey was 4-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored as he continues to own June.
- Ryan O’Hearn and Braxton Ashcraft teamed up to claim the A’s series. O’Hearn homered, doubled and singled to finish with a career-high six RBI while Ashcraft struck out seven in six innings. He allowed two runs (one earned) and four hits as the Pirates rolled to a 12-4 victory Wednesday over the Athletics. Marcell Ozuna (remember him?) also went deep for the Pirates, who posted 16 hits. They took the mystery out of the game by jumping out to a 5-0 lead after two frames; it was 7-0 by the sixth.
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| Ryan O’Hearn – June 2026 photo/Pirates |
- No red-hot B-Rey Friday; he’s out with a sore groin (he did pinch hit and delivered an RBI single). Bubba Chandler did his part; he went six innings of two-run ball, but left down 2-0. The Bucs came back, putting up a three-spot in the eighth to claim the lead for the first time, keyed by a Nicky G triple. But they gave it back in the Rockies half; two soft hits off Mason Montgomery and a ringing double put the Rox back up, 4-3. Pittsburgh rallied to load the bases with no outs in the ninth, but a K and DP just added another hard-to-swallow L to the column.
- Paul Skenes took the bump…didn’t help. The Bucs were down 2-1 in the ninth and loaded the sacks with no outs;, again, no one crossed the plate, with the last out on a runners interference call. Still, even with Oneal and Konnor out, you can’t have the Majors worst-pitching team shut you down…unless you’re the Pirates. It’s not just the .237 BA w/RISP – the Pirates lead MLB in strikeouts and DPs batting w/RISP, too.
- Jared Jones looked good for three innings, but was clipped in the elbow by a comeback liner and left down 1-0. Yohan Ramirez and Evan Sisk put up zeroes through the seventh and the Bucs were up 8-1. Good thing, too – after Dennis Santana and Gregory Soto closed it out, the final ended up 8-6. Nick Gonzales and Bryan Reynolds each homered, together plating five runs & scoring four times to power the win.
- Pittsburgh hosts Seattle for three games starting Tuesday and the Reds stop in for a trio of contests beginning on Friday.
- RHP Geoff Hartlieb has been added to the A’s roster. He started with the Pirates and pitched here between 2019-21; the Athletics will be the seventh MLB club he’s tossed for. The Bucs are the only one he’s gotten more than five outings with as his big league career line is 1-1/7.95.
- C Tyler Heineman was added to the Angels roster; he got into 55 games w/Pgh (.205) from 2022-23.
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| Bryse Wilson – 2022 Topps Gold |
- RHP Bryse Wilson was called up by the Phils; they had released him in early June, and he cleared the wire & re-signed with the Phillies. The Philly nine is his third club since he left the Bucs in 2023. It was a short assignment. He worked one time, tossing two scoreless frames, and was DFA’ed again.
- RHP Justin Lawrence, who was claimed earlier in the month from the Bucs by the Twins, was DFA’ed by Minnesota after seven outings & an 18.00 ERA.
- OF Jared Oliva, who fractured his hamate earlier in the year, was DFA’ed by the Giants. San Fran was his first MLB gig since playing 26 games for the Bucs in 2020-21 (.179 BA/59 AB).
- The Pacific Coast Player of the Week was ol’ Bucco and current Dodgers system OF Jack Suwinski, who homered four times, drove in nine runs and scored five times for Oklahoma City. His ’26 line is .306/17 HR/54 RBI for the AAA Cowboys.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/06/weekly-report-blah-road-trip-b-rey.html
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