Today, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their contract with Allegheny Health Network through 2025, retaining the network as the team’s official medical provider for another six years.

Today’s announcement, coming in the 2018 Major League Baseball season, marks the 20th year that physicians from AHN’s Orthopedic Institute will oversee the comprehensive sports medicine of the Pirates players and staff.

Officials at the Pittsburgh Pirates and medical professionals at AHN (a Highmark company) attribute the endurance of their continuing relationship to the shared values of the  organizations, and the specialized capabilities and expertise of the Health Network’s sports medicine team.