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Pirates’ Ke'Bryan Hayes Anxious for Healthy Bounce-Back 2025 Season

In 2023, Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ke'Bryan Hayes earned an MLB Rawlings Gold Glove as the best defensive third baseman in the National League.
Pirates’ Ke'Bryan Hayes Anxious for Healthy Bounce-Back 2025 Season
Pittsburgh Pirates’ third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes speaks with the media on Wednesday in Bradenton, Fla., on the first day of spring training 2025. Courtesy of Donald Laible
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes is confident about his overall readiness heading into the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) season.

No one connected to the Pirates’ organization—general manager Ben Cherington and field manager Derek Shelton included—seem to be holding their collective breaths on Hayes’s physical condition coming into camp.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.