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Pirates reach agreement with Bobby Crosby
The Pirates are all set to sign SS Bobby Crosby (pending a physical), according to Rob Biertempfel. Crosby should be a slight upgrade over Ronny Cedeno at short, and at the very least he’ll provide some competition and depth at the position. He...
Winter Meetings, Day 2
All kinds of news and rumors will come out of the Winter Meetings, which are being held this week in Indianapolis. I’ll have a thread up for each day of the meetings and update it with any relevant news. Keep checking this post for any Pirates info...
Winter Meetings, Day 1
All kinds of news and rumors will come out of the Winter Meetings, which begin today in Indianapolis. I’ll have a thread up for each day of the meetings and update it with any relevant news. Keep checking this post for any Pirates info from Ind...
Thursday news: X-man, Villone, PirateFest, Crosby, Brooks
Another day, another slew of people the Pirates are “interested in” … plus some other news: X-man back in the ‘Burgh? DK says that the Bucs have made “initial free agent inquiries” on Nady and pitcher Ron Villone....
News and rumors: Doumit, Lowry, Putz, Wright, Duchscherer, Loe
There have been plenty of vague reports of the Pirates “being interested in” and “looking in to” some names over the past day or two. Most of it probably means nothing, and the people involved aren’t terribly notable, ei...
Pirates sign a pitcher who ate his own hat
Meet Wilfredo Ledezma, a journeyman left-hander who the Pirates signed out of minor league free agency today. Never mind his left handedness, his 9.53 ERA with Washington last year, or the fact that he might not even make the team in 2010…just ...
Free Agent Frenzy
Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t completely quiet as far as Pirates news goes, with a rumor here and a rumor there as the hot stove starts to heat up. Names that have been linked to the Bucs: Rick Ankiel, Hank Blalock, and Mike Gonzalez. Now that th...
Roster moves!
With the deadline to set 40 man rosters (midnight tonight) fast approaching, the Pirates shifted things around a bit today. Some moves were expected, some weren’t: Relievers Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio moved from the 60-day-DL to the 40-man. Pr...
Cubs re-sign John Grabow
It sure will be a bummer to watch our old buddy pitch in Cubbie blue for the next two years, especially when he comes in to shut down the Pirates in the 8th inning of a close game. That’ll happen, oh, about 20 times over the next two seasons in...
Boring News and Notes
Nothing interesting really going on of late… The Pirates hired Steve Williams as a scout. Hooray! You know what’s really useless? An online petition. But, since there’s nothing better to do, I have two for you to sign. One is in pr...
Fourth?!
The “official” Rookie of the Year Award winners were announced today, and Andrew McCutchen did not take home the hardware, despite the support of Baseball America and the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. I’m not stunned he didn’t w...
Jack Wilson will remain a Mariner
Jumpin’ Jack Flash signed a 2-year deal worth $10 million with the M’s on Friday. I guess there had been a few rumblings about Wilson potentially returning to Pittsburgh as a free agent, but that won’t happen. He accepted the offer ...
Could Ryan Doumit be the next to go?
The latest wave of offseason speculating-because-there’s-nothing-else-to-do has Ryan Doumit on the trading block. That’s not terribly difficult to fathom. Neal Huntington sure does love making trades, the Pirates have catching depth in th...
More news and notes
Goodness…nothing happens for what seems like weeks on end and all of a sudden we’re bombarded with news! Here goes… The Pirates are apparently interested in Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi, according to MLBTR. Neal Huntington on t...
2010 Pirates Spring Training Schedule
Full schedule after the jump: Via the PBC Blog and Pirates.com… Feb 17 – Pitchers and catchers report Feb 22 – Position players report Feb 23 – First full-squad workout March 2 State College of Florida (formerly Manatee Commu...
Really? The Brewers didn’t want Matt Capps?
On Friday, the Brewers sent shortstop J.J. Hardy to Minnesota for OF Carlos Gomez. Turns out that the Pirates were in the Hardy sweepstakes as well–looking to upgrade from Ronny Cedeno at short. The Bucs offered Matt Capps to the Brew Crew. Gom...
News and Notes
This is kind of weird…according to Rob Biertempfel’s Twitter, the Pirates and Phillies will wrap up Spring Training with games on April 2 and 3. In Philly. Opening up the season at home is enough of a risk to freeze, but I guess that will...
News and Notes
Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially the offseason: The Pirates removed three players from the 40-man roster: Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency start...
Yankees Win World Series
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Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
UPDATE, 8:02 PM: Done deal. Iwamura for Chavez, straight up. There were rumblings about another player coming to Pittsburgh, but they were false. Sorry to leave you all hanging for a bit – new post on the way soon. UPDATE: 5:33 PM: [Ken Rosenth...
Winter Leagues Update: October
Let’s see how the notable Pirates players in prospects who are still playing ball performed in their first month with their fall/winter teams: Position Players Brian Bixler is hitting .260 with two extra base hits (both doubles) and one RBI in...
Giants re-sign Freddy
(Updated at 9:24 PM) Freddy Sanchez has signed a 2-year deal with the Giants, [according to Comcast SportsNet]. [The deal is worth $12 million over two years]. Freddy, of course, was sent to San Fran in what now looks like one of Neal’s better ...
Justin Thomas: Best Pirates lefty reliever?
[The Pirates claimed lefty reliever Justin Thomas from Seattle off waivers yesterday]. He spent all of 2009 in AAA, going 2-4 with a 4.48 ERA in 53 games. He also walked 40 men in 60.1 innings, and has only thrown 4 innings in the big leagues. Best l...
Cliff Lee was nearly a Pirate
…but we didn’t want him. No, it wasn’t that the Bucs didn’t want him, the fans didn’t. In December of 2007, [the Pirates and Indians were discussing a swap involving Jason Bay for Lee and backup catcher Kelly Shoppach]. ...
Catching up on Bucs news
Lots of little bits and pieces over the past few days that I’ve yet to address… [Tyler Yates was outrighted to Indianapolis, and then he decided he'd rather be a free agent]. Hooray, no more Flood Gates Yates, right? Maybe. [Neal Hunting...
Phillies headed back to the World Series
And now we’re one game away from the World Series of Death…Phillies vs. Yankees. As Pittsburghers, we’re obligated to hate Philly, and as baseball fans not from New York, we of course despise the Yankees, so what do we do if the Ang...
Playoffs roundup and a roster move
Hopefully sometime in the next few years this blog will be at its peak in early/mid October, but instead we’ll have to settle on short blurbs about each series from time to time: Phillies/Dodgers–Phillies lead, 3-1 The World Champs are in an ...
Perry Hill won’t be back in 2010
Bad news this morning: [Infield instructor and first base coach Perry Hill has decided to leave the Pirates]. Hill, known as the game’s premier infield coach, joined the team last offseason and made remarkable improvements to the Pirates’...
Three Pirates to go up against Stephen Strasburg
As if there wasn’t enough to watch tonight with both playoff series in action and Pitt-Rutgers at 8, three Bucs prospects will battle the phenom this evening in an epic Arizona Fall League showdown. [The Phoenix Desert Dogs host the Scottsdale...
News and Notes
Not a whole lot going on… The Pirates had higher TV ratings than 11 other MLB teams in 2009, including both LCS participants from Los Angeles. [Ratings on FSN were up almost 20% this year]. Why? Who the heck knows, but it sure does give us yet...
