During a minor league baseball game, a bizarre scene played out that speechless everyone in the stands. It was thunder, not a missed call or a terrible pitch. On Tuesday night, what occurred during ...

The Pirates are moving right-hander Roansy Contreras to the bullpen, Derek Shelton told reporters after tonight’s Spring Training contest (X link via MLB.com’s Alex Stumpf).

Contreras punctuated his ascendant season with eight strikeouts over four dominant innings to lift Peoria to a 5-2 win over Mesa on Tuesday night in his final start of the year. The 22-year-old ...

“It’s been tough this year to find myself on the mound,” he said after Wednesday's brutal outing. The Pirates rotation is on shaky footing.

Roansy Contreras was making his first major-league start in more than a month when the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander ran into trouble in the second inning Wednesday night against the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — All season long, Roansy Contreras has been on the attack. When the lights turn on and he takes the rubber, he wants everybody in the ballpark to know that he’s in control.

JT Brubaker was knocked out of the game after just 4.1 innings, which left a lot volume to be covered by the Pittsburgh bullpen. Contreras stepped up and delivered an excellent three frames of ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates kept coming back to the same description of Roansy Contreras after he earned his first major league win Thursday night against the Washington Nationals. Electric stuff. The ...

The Reds claimed right-hander Roansy Contreras off waivers from the Rangers on Thursday, per announcements from both clubs. Texas had designated him for assignment last week. Cincinnati had a pair ...

He is 1-0 with a 4.41 ERA in 12 appearances. Contreras is 9-12 with a 4.83 ERA in 30 starts and 23 relief outings over four big league seasons.

On Thursday, Roansy Contreras turned in arguably the best start of his major-league career, going six frames of one-run ball to lead the Pirates to a 4-2 win against the Reds Thursday. An hour ...

LOUIS — If management had its druthers, Miguel Yajure and Roansy Contreras would not be hanging out in the Pirates ’ bullpen this week. The two right-handers should be starting games for ...