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Internal Options For the 2012 Season
Following the announcements yesterday that the Pittsburgh Pirates had turned down all four player options, Pirates fans began to panic. The panic was the same thing we see at the… Read more
MLBTR Predicts a Busy Off-Season For Pirates
Every year, MLB Trade Rumors releases their top 50 free agents, along with predictions on which player will sign with which team. The predictions are what they are: one person’s… Read more
Official Elias Rankings Released
The official Elias rankings have been released, and as expected, the Pittsburgh Pirates have four players who qualify as Type B free agents. The four players are Ryan Doumit, Chris… Read more
Pirates Decline All Four Club Options
The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially announced that they’ve declined the club options for Ronny Cedeno, Ryan Doumit, Chris Snyder, and Paul Maholm. We heard earlier that Maholm and Snyder would… Read more
Pirates to Officially Decline Options on Maholm and Snyder
The Pittsburgh Pirates will officially decline the options of Paul Maholm and Chris Snyder, according to Rob Biertempfel in two Twitter updates this morning (here and here). Neither move comes… Read more
Player Option Decisions Due Today
The deadline for decisions on player options is due by tonight at 11:59 PM EST. The Pittsburgh Pirates have four players with club options, and so far they have yet… Read more
Derrek Lee, Ryan Ludwick Become Free Agents
Free agency began at 12:01 AM EST today, and 148 players have filed for free agency, including two members of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Those members are Derrek Lee and Ryan… Read more
CBA Updates: Draft Slotting Notes
Two updates on the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and the draft slotting talks that are holding the agreement back: -Jon Heyman tweets that MLB and the union aren’t far from a… Read more
A Draft Luxury Tax?
Earlier this week we heard that draft bonuses were the last major issue to be resolved in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, with Bud Selig pushing for hard slotting. Since then… Read more
2011-2012 Off Season Primer
With the World Series coming to an end tonight, the 2011/2012 off-season officially begins tomorrow. You can check out all of the important off-season dates on the Off-Season Calendar. Here… Read more
