Pham will start in left field and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Reds.
Pham will be included in the starting nine while the Reds send southpaw Nick Lodolo to the hill in the series opener, but the veteran outfielder's run as the Pirates' primary left fielder could be over. After being cleared to return to action last Tuesday upon serving a one-game suspension, Pham started in just one of the Pirates' ensuing five contests, with all four absences from the lineup coming versus righties. The Pirates appear to be prioritizing Alexander Canario in the outfield ahead of Pham, who is slashing just .179/.262/.214 with a 27.8 percent strikeout rate on the season.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Sitting Tuesday
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Pham isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mets.
Pham served his one-game suspension Monday, but the Pirates will give him another day off Tuesday following his 1-for-10 stretch at the plate. Alexander Canario, Ji Hwan Bae and Bryan Reynolds will start across Pittsburgh's outfield while Pham rests.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Serving suspension Monday
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Pham will serve a one-game suspension Monday against the Mets stemming from an incident that occurred in an April 23 game against the Angels, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Pham had appealed the ban, which was handed down by MLB after he was deemed to have made inappropriate actions toward fans last month. It's not clear whether he's dropped the appeal or if the suspension was upheld, but either way, he will be unavailable for the Pirates in Monday's series opener.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Back in action Sunday
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Pham (illness) will start in left field and bat seventh in Sunday's game against Atlanta.
Pham will check back into the starting nine after sitting out the Pirates' last two games. The veteran outfielder has gotten off to a rough start to his first season in Pittsburgh, slashing .181/.263/.219 with a 28.0 percent strikeout rate over 118 plate appearances.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Remains out Saturday
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Pham (illness) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Atlanta.
Pham was a late scratch from Friday's lineup due to an illness, and it seems he's still feeling a bit under the weather Saturday. Alexander Canario will get another start in left field and bat eighth.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Scratched from lineup Friday
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Pham was a late scratch from Friday's lineup against Atlanta.
Alexander Canario replaces Pham in left field and will bat eighth. Pham has had an atrocious start to the 2025 season, slashing .183/.259/.221 with just four extra-base hits, six RBI, nine runs scored and a 10:33 BB:K across 116 plate appearances.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Not starting Tuesday
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Pham is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cardinals.
The 37-year-old outfielder started the previous two games but finds himself on the bench Tuesday while in the midst of a 2-for-18 slump. Pham has operated as Pittsburgh's primary left fielder so far this season, but Alexander Canario, who is starting Tuesday's contest, has picked up more playing time of late with four starts in the past six games.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Sitting for second straight game
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Pham is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Padres.
After a run of five straight starts in left field, Pham finds himself on the bench Friday for the second consecutive game. The veteran outfielder has gone 2-for-18 with six strikeouts during that stretch and has a .461 OPS for the season. Alexander Canario is getting another start in left Friday, as Pham may be losing his grip on an everyday role.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Sitting out Thursday
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Pham is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Cubs.
Alexander Canario will step in as the Pirates' starting left fielder in place of Pham, who is getting some rest for a day game after a night game. Pham had been included in the lineup in each of the past five games, going 2-for-18 with a double, a walk and two runs.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Appealing one-game ban
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Pham was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Friday due to "inappropriate actions toward fans" during Wednesday's contest, Jessica Kleinschmidt of Baseball America reports.
Pham will appeal his suspension and remains eligible to play for the Pirates until a verdict is reached. The veteran outfielder has begun to heat up recently, going 6-for-13 with an RBI and two runs scored over his last three games.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Sitting Thursday
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Pham is not in Thursday's lineup against the Angels.
Pham is in the midst of his best stretch of the season, as he's gone 6-for-13 across the last three games. Nevertheless, he'll rest Thursday, with Matt Gorski instead starting in left field while hitting seventh.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Modest three-game hitting streak
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Pham went 1-for-4 with an RBI on Wednesday against the Angels.
Pham has had a poor start to his tenure with the Pirates, as he failed to record multiple hits across his first 18 starts. That streak ended Sunday when he delivered a pair of hits, and he now has at least one knock in three straight games. Pham is still hitting only .184 with seven runs scored, six RBI and three steals across 86 plate appearances.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Absent from lineup
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Pham is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Guardians.
Pham is slashing only .136/.246/.169 in his first 19 contests with the Pirates and has yet to record a multi-hit game. He will yield to Jack Suwinski in left field in the series opener.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Not starting Sunday
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Pham is not in the Pirates' starting lineup against the Reds on Sunday.
Pham will begin Sunday's series finale in the dugout while the Pirates start Adam Frazier, Oneil Cruz and Alexander Canario in the outfield. Pham has gone 4-for-21 with two runs scored, three walks and four RBI across his last six outings.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Walks off Yankees
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Pham went 1-for-4 with two RBI and three strikeouts Sunday against the Yankees.
Pham returned to the lineup after missing Saturday's game due to an illness. He lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to record his first RBI of the season, and he delivered a walk-off RBI double six frames later. While there were some positives to his performance, Pham still has just three hits and three walks across 35 plate appearances while striking out at a 31.4 percent clip to begin the campaign.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Back in action Sunday
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Pham (illness) will start in left field and bat seventh Sunday against the Yankees.
Pham was out of the lineup for Saturday's 10-4 loss due to an illness that resulted in him being pulled early in Friday's game, but he was still healthy enough to make two plate appearances off the bench. The 37-year-old has seemingly experienced no setbacks in his recovery and will take back his normal spot in the outfield in the series finale.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Sitting Saturday due to illness
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Pham (illness) isn't in the lineup for Pittsburgh's matchup against the Yankees on Saturday.
Pham was pulled from Friday's game against New York due to the illness after making just one plate appearance. He'll get at least one more day to recover Saturday. In Pham's stead, Jack Suwinski is starting in left field while Alexander Canario occupies right and Bryan Reynolds once again serves as the designated hitter.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Fighting off illness
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Pham was pulled from Friday's game against the Yankees due to an illness, Danny Demilio of PittsburghBaseballNow.com reports.
Pham was removed after logging just one plate appearance -- a groundout in the second inning. He's been deemed day-to-day by the team and may miss another game or two while he recovers.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Leaves with apparent injury
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Pham was removed from Friday's game versus the Yankees with an apparent injury, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
It's not clear what happened with Pham, who grounded out in the bottom of the second inning before being replaced on defense by Alexander Canario before the top of the third. The Pirates should offer an update on his status shortly.
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Pirates' Tommy Pham: Tallies third stolen base
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Pham went 0-for-2 with two walks and a stolen base Wednesday against the Rays.
Pham has started six of Pittsburgh's seven games, all of which have come in left field. Despite logging only two hits across 23 at-bats, he has primarily hit first or third in the lineup. Pham has also benefited from the team's aggressiveness on the basepaths, tallying three stolen bases in as many tries.
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