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Pirates’ Kyle Crick Injured In Fight With Felipe Vazquez

By Connor Byrne | September 11, 2019 at 12:25am CDT

WEDNESDAY: Crick told Nubyjas Wilborn of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and other reporters that Vazquez threw the first punch. Vazquez didn’t comment, per Wilborn, who adds that the closer had “noticeable swelling and bandages” on his nose.

TUESDAY: Pirates relievers Felipe Vazquez and Kyle Crick engaged in a clubhouse fight Monday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports reports. Crick came out of it requiring season-ending tendon surgery in his right index finger, the team announced. The club also fined him and Vazquez.

“The behavior exhibited by these two players last night is unacceptable, inconsistent with the standards expected of a Major League player and will not be tolerated by the organization,” general manager Neal Huntington stated (via Nightengale).

This isn’t the first hint of behind-the-scenes tension in what has degenerated into an awful season for the Pirates. Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic reported in mid-August that in-fighting had been all too common for the club this year. Yet another reliever, Keone Kela, has been a prominent source of tension for Pittsburgh – which has plummeted out of the NL playoff race as the season has gone on and now owns a horrid 63-81 record.

As with Kela, Crick has also been involved in multiple dust-ups this season with members of his own organization. He previously feuded with bullpen coach Euclides Rojas over the alleged preferential treatment the latter gave Vazquez. Now, thanks to his apparent disdain for Vazquez, Crick won’t pitch again until 2020. Whether he’ll take the mound again as a Pirate is unclear, as the club could attempt to move him if it doesn’t believe he and Vazquez (a potential trade chip in his own right) can coexist. While Vazquez is among the best relievers in baseball, Crick struggled to a 4.96 ERA/5.95 FIP and walked upward of six batters per nine across 49 innings in 2019.

It also may be fair to wonder whether the friction in the Pirates’ clubhouse, not to mention their uninspired on-field performance, will have negative ramifications for Huntington and-or manager Clint Hurdle. The franchise was plenty successful under the pair a few years back, evidenced by its postseason berths from 2013-15, but has fallen from grace since that three-year stretch. The bickering Pirates are now on their way to a fourth straight season without a playoff appearance.

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  1. wesstl

    1 year ago

    What a mess.

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    • todd76

      1 year ago

      It takes at least 2 people to start a fight. Neither is innocent here.

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      • bross16

        1 year ago

        That makes it more of a mess if it’s 2 guys instead of one

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      • formerdraftpick

        1 year ago

        Have you ever seen the movie Fight Club? Sometimes you only need one person.

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      • Sid Bream

        1 year ago

        Todd76-That is totally incorrect.

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  2. athleticsnchill

    1 year ago

    Solid roleplay.

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  3. amk3510

    1 year ago

    They need a complete overhaul from top to bottom. Huntington sat back and did nothing when they had prime McCutchen and were real contedners but went all in as a fringe 2nd WC team last year. Hurdle has been there forever and no doubt become stale. The fact their clubhouse has this much drama shows he has no control. They actually have a decent group of guys if they can get competent coaching and management.

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  4. throwinched10

    1 year ago

    I have said it before, Crick is a loser. His talent on the field is over-shadowed by his childish antics. It’s about time someone put him in his place.

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    • slowcurve

      1 year ago

      Where’s Papelbon when ya need em?

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    • hzt502

      1 year ago

      What talent?

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    • todd76

      1 year ago

      It sounds like Crick got the best of Vazquez. So not sure how he got put in his place?

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      • GDrank

        1 year ago

        “Noticeable swelling and bandages” vs season-ending surgery on Crick’s throwing hand. I’m sure he’ll be telling everyone about how good he got a premier closer while he tries to salvage his career

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      • throwinched10

        1 year ago

        Crick needs season ending surgery on his finger.

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      • Brown Trout Fisherman

        1 year ago

        Sounds like something a guy in Reading would say

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    • Mendoza Line 215

      1 year ago

      THrow-It seems to me to be that way.Crick has bottomed out this year after a fine first year.We were not there so not sure what happened but he seems to be jealous of someone who has earned his stripes.
      I wonder if the new ball with the tighter seams has hurt Crick this year as he gets so much spin on his breaking ball pitches.
      Perhaps this is the reason why Vasquez always punches the catcher in the body guard after the last out.He is practicing.
      This type of occurrence should not happen on good teams.The Pirates have no veteran leadership.Hurdle is clueless.

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    • Sid Bream

      1 year ago

      So obviously you know the full circumstances of what happened.

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  5. army123456

    1 year ago

    Bob needs to go. He needs to sell the team to somebody whom will invest money into the pirates. What a shame.

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    • ForestCobraAL

      1 year ago

      THIS

      New owner.

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  6. PapiElf

    1 year ago

    I shouldn’t be laughing, but what could they be fighting about?

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    • throwinched10

      1 year ago

      Vazquez probably told the rest of the bullpen that they suck.

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    • Priggs89

      1 year ago

      Disagree. You definitely should be laughing.

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    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      they figured it was their easiest way of the sinking ship.

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  7. statman

    1 year ago

    I bet Crick made a crack about Felipe’s Cracker Jack. When Crick wouldn’t stop cracking about the Cracker Jack, Felipe cracked Crick across the crown, spilling Cracker Jack all over Crick’s crown.

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    • Gobbysteiner

      1 year ago

      Not funny. Didn’t laugh

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      • beisbolista

        1 year ago

        It’s funny, might have gone over your head. Thanks for checking.

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        • Gobbysteiner

          1 year ago

          Boomer humor doesn’t really appeal to me my man

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        • Dodgethis

          1 year ago

          Didn’t go over anyone’s head. It’s simply not funny. Period.

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        • Jonny5

          1 year ago

          Not humorous in the least bit.

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        • slowcurve

          1 year ago

          I concur. Swing and a miss.

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        • imgman09

          1 year ago

          Funny for Brain Dead

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    • amazing larry

      1 year ago

      I chuckled. Keep em coming.

      2 Like
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      • Gobbysteiner

        1 year ago

        I just do not understand how someone can read that and laugh in the slightest. Reading it almost gave me an aneurism

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        • spinach

          1 year ago

          Sounds like you have a literacy problem, my man.

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        • Gobbysteiner

          1 year ago

          Sounds like you have a humor problem

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    • GiantsX3

      1 year ago

      I too that that was funny. The rest of you are lame.

      2 Like
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      • Gobbysteiner

        1 year ago

        You’re lame for laughing at that lame joke

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        • mcdusty49

          1 year ago

          I’m not sure what’s worse, the joke or reading your 17 comments on how bad the joke was

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        • iplay_in_traffic

          1 year ago

          You’re a lame joke

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  8. Gobbysteiner

    1 year ago

    Bruh

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  9. Kayrall

    1 year ago

    Of course this incident involved a dude named Kyle.

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    • Gobbysteiner

      1 year ago

      He probably whacked Felipe over the head with a can of monster lmao

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  10. LADreamin

    1 year ago

    Free Vazquez! Til it’s backwards lol

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    • Karson Brown

      1 year ago

      This didn’t age well. Lol

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  11. tbull29

    1 year ago

    I completely lost hope in this organization. I drank the koolaid years back and started to believe we were turning things around, but we are garbage. I’m over Neal Huntington, I get he has no money to work with, but sucks at making trades. Holds on to unproven low prospects like they are all future HOF’ers. I am over let’s be in contention for years to come. I am ready for them to just throw all the chips on the table and take a gamble right now! Oh wait it’s a few years too late and we are no longer contenders so what was the point of hanging on to all these HOF’ers?

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    • antibelt

      1 year ago

      He traded for Bryan Reynolds. Management and coaching staff definitely needs a change. They did get fleeced on the Archer trade, Cole trade could still pan out.

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      • phamdownbytheriver

        1 year ago

        They fleeced themselves. Archer hadn’t been a good pitcher for years. The Rays used imagined demand against the Pirates who thought Searage could fix him.

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        • DarkSide830

          1 year ago

          id argue at least that Reynolds could simply be better then Meadows with the latter’s frequent injuries, so perhaps the trades were a net gain…at the very least.

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  12. Show Me Your Tatis

    1 year ago

    Dumpster. Fire.

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  13. Strike Four

    1 year ago

    We should just preemptively put everyone named Kyle in prison, get ahead of it.

    “Nothing good ever comes from a Kyle.” – G. Carlin.

    He started that Puig brawl too. Kyle Crick is a clubhouse cancer, period.

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    • skip tracey

      1 year ago

      Kyle Farnsworth LOL

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      • Strike Four

        1 year ago

        the ULTIMATE Kyle lol

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    • Jumanji

      1 year ago

      Kyle MacLachlan wàs pretty good in Twin Peaks and Portlandia.

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      • fox471

        1 year ago

        Dune?

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    • No Soup For Yu!

      1 year ago

      Reddit moment.

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  14. stubby66

    1 year ago

    All I know is if they clean house with the GM and manager, please, please Brewers pick up Searage as your pitching coach. Definitely going to keep an eye on this situation!!

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  15. wv17

    1 year ago

    Weird that the bullpen coach would give preferential treatment to an ABSOLUTE MONSTER OF A REPEAT ALL STAR CLOSER!!!!

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    • gmenfan

      1 year ago

      It’s almost like having an ERA three runs higher than the other guy means you’re not as good or something.

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  16. Kingman#26

    1 year ago

    Can the Giants retract the Cutch trade? Reynolds is making them pay!

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    • Jumanji

      1 year ago

      It’s relative. We have no real evidence that Bryan Reynolds would’ve been any good in SF. Maybe Pittsburgh’s coaching staff was able to reach him in a way SF’s couldn’t. He could’ve gone the way of Gary Brown and Todd Linden in SF. That trade has evolved into Crick and Reynolds for Pillar and Avelino. Not the worst trade.

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    • zimerust

      1 year ago

      Reynolds will fade. Pirates suck anyway.

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  17. ChiSoxCity

    1 year ago

    The Pirates need a new Manager.

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  18. citizen

    1 year ago

    I didn’t know giving someone the finger would injure the finger.
    The pirates are one owner away from contending

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  19. Cam

    1 year ago

    The Pirates probably should have offloaded Felipe before he decided to punch holes in his own value.

    I understand Crick probably has his share in this, but, it’s a negative for everyone involved.

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  20. jmocubsfan8

    1 year ago

    When your manager is trash, you get trash in the clubhouse.

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  21. 5TUNT1N

    1 year ago

    Anyone remember that Crick was originally drafted by the giants which ironically is who the pirates are facing currently. Kinda funny

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    • Jumanji

      1 year ago

      Perhaps just as ironic was how the Giants traded for Will Smith in time for a road trip to Miami.

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      • 5TUNT1N

        1 year ago

        Watched robin williams kids throw out the first pitch at World Series game 5 att park 2014. The video tribute during the game was ultra touching tough to lose such a talented person. My children now want to watch Jumanji a book I remember reading when it first became popular as a child and then became a movie. They mean the version with Dwayne Johnson but I argue most for the robin williams version because it’s Trumanji if ya know what I mean.

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  22. of9376

    1 year ago

    Kyle Crick is a punk. Karma is a …..

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  23. HarveyD82

    1 year ago

    steel cage match

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  24. Pickle_Britches

    1 year ago

    Kyle Crick’s butt snot

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  25. birdsfan415

    1 year ago

    damn

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  26. 5TUNT1N

    1 year ago

    I don’t see the pirates in contention any time soon which now kind of hurts Vazquez value a bit clearly he’s not the friendliest in the clubhouse especially if Crick is correct in stating he threw the first blow. Not a good sign for Pittsburgh fans unless keeping a closer to help them secure 4th position was their plan. I get it they are young but still dumb when people blow opportunity because of stuff like egos and unprofessionalism. Here’s to hoping both mature and do some good for their families.

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    • bravos14

      1 year ago

      Imo, when a guy says the other guy threw the first punch it usually means he started it.

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  27. jorge78

    1 year ago

    More three rivers drama!
    Is it in the water?

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  28. DarkSide830

    1 year ago

    probably both thought this was the easiest way to get out of Pittsburgh. I dont mean to heap hate on the team, but that whole organization is defective.

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  29. gary55wv

    1 year ago

    Sounds like Crick and Kela will be traveling soon.

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  30. JDGoat

    1 year ago

    Vazquez trying to pull an AB so he can end up in la la land.

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  31. formerdraftpick

    1 year ago

    Since Crick is out, I would put a claim in for Adonis Rosa.

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  32. forwhomjoshbelltolls

    1 year ago

    Kyle Crick clearly believed her when his mother told him how great he is…

    What an entitled ball of pudge.

    Vazquez absolutely 100% should be treated better than Kyle Crick. MUCH better.

    And if Crick doesn’t like it, he should pitch better.

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  33. WereAllJustGuestsHere

    1 year ago

    Blue Jays took a chance on Giles, they should consider acquiring Crick. Could work for them and Crick could bounce back. Deal one of their outfielders.

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  34. ekrog

    1 year ago

    Amir Garrett took on the whole team but it took their own team to land a punch!

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