Pirates part ways with manager Derek Shelton 38 games into 2025 season

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a alteration astatine the helm connected Thursday, relieving Derek Shelton of his managerial duties much than a period into a chaotic season.

The Pirates fell to 12-26 pursuing a one-run nonaccomplishment to the St. Louis Cardinals connected Wednesday. The beforehand bureau decided to marque a move.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Pirates manager Derek Shelton talks with umpire Mike Estabrook during the San Diego Padres crippled successful Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

"Derek worked incredibly hard and sacrificed a batch implicit five-plus years. His household became a large portion of the Pirates family, and we volition miss that," Pirates wide manager Ben Cherington said successful a statement. "He's an incredibly smart, funny and driven shot leader. I judge helium was the close idiosyncratic for the occupation erstwhile helium was hired. I besides judge that a alteration is present necessary. I privation Derek and his household each the champion successful their adjacent chapter."

Pirates seat manager Don Kelly was named arsenic Shelton’s replacement.

"Derek is simply a bully antheral who did a batch for the Pirates and Pittsburgh, but it was clip for a change," Pirates president Bob Nutting said. "The archetypal 4th of the play has been frustrating and achy for each of us. We person to bash better. I cognize that. Ben knows that. Our coaches cognize that. Our players cognize that.

"There is simply a batch of shot near to beryllium played. We request to enactment with a consciousness of urgency and instrumentality the steps indispensable to hole this present to get backmost connected way arsenic a squad and organization."

Pirates manager Derek Shelton stands successful the dugout during the San Diego Padres crippled successful Pittsburgh, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PIRATES FAN SPEAKS FOR 1ST TIME SINCE HORRIFYING FALL OVER WALL AT PNC PARK

Shelton took implicit arsenic manager successful 2020. He was 306-440 and ne'er won much than 76 games.

It’s been a rocky twelvemonth from the leap for the Pirates.

The enactment took a ton of flak for removing a tribute to Roberto Clemente successful close tract aboriginal past month. The squad was thrust backmost into the spotlight erstwhile a instrumentality fell from the close tract seats onto the informing way past week.

The enactment past disciplined a idiosyncratic who got into a combat with an instigator earlier a game. A video of that altercation surfaced earlier this week.

Pirates pitcher Caleb Ferguson, center, waits with teammates for manager Derek Shelton to propulsion him from the San Diego Padres crippled successful Pittsburgh, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The play is inactive successful its infancy and the Pirates person the players to crook the twelvemonth around.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.