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Pittsburgh’s pirates made a change to the helm on Thursday, reliabing Derek Shelton of their management more than a month in a chaotic season.
The pirates fell to 12-26 after a defeat of a race against the Cardinals of San Luis on Wednesday. The main office decided to make a movement.
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The pirates manager, Derek Shelton, speaks with referee Mike Estabrook during the San Diego parents game in Pittsburgh, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
“Derek worked incredibly hard and sacrificed much more than five years. His family became a large part of the Pirates family, and we will lose it,” said the general manager of the pirates, Ben Cherington, in a statement. “He is an incredibly intelligent, curious and motivated baseball leader. I think he was the right person for work when he was hired. I also believe that a change is now necessary. I wish Derek and his family the best in his next chapter.”
The pirate banking coach, Don Kelly, was appointed as Shelton replacement.
“Derek is a good man who did a lot for pirates and Pittsburgh, but it was time for a change,” said the president of the Pirates, Bob Nutting. “The first quarter of the season has been frustrating and painful for all of us. We have to do better. I know it. Ben knows. Our coaches know it. Our players know it.
“There is a lot of baseball to play. We need to act with a sense of urgency and take the necessary steps to solve this now to return to the track as a team and organization.”
The pirates manager, Derek Shelton, is in the shelter during the San Diego Padres game in Pittsburgh, on Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Pirates fan spends for the first time since the horrible falls on Wall in PNC Park
Shelton assumed the position of manager in 2020. He had 306-440 and never won more than 76 games.
It has been a rock year of the jump for the pirates.
The organization took a lot of drills to eliminate a tribute to Roberto Clemente in the right garden at the beginning of last month. The team was pushed again at the center of attention when a fan fell from the right field site on the warning track last week.
Then, the organization disciplined a worker who fought with an instigator before a game. A video of that altercation appeared earlier this week.
The pirate pitcher, Caleb Ferguson, Centro, waits with his teammates for Manager Derek Shelton to take him out of the San Diego Padent game in Pittsburgh, on Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The season is still in their childhood and the pirates have the players to change the year.
