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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
Should the Pirates Buy Out Ronny Cedeno?
MLB Trade Rumors has been releasing their 2012 Free Agent and Trade Market reviews, and looked at the shortstop position in their most recent update. Among the updates, they listed… Read more
Draft Bonuses Still an Issue With the CBA
There is just one major issue remaining before the Major League Baseball owners and the players union agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and that issue is draft bonuses,… Read more
Lobbying For the Wrong Move to Be Made
The Texas Rangers took a 3-2 lead in the World Series last night, and could potentially win it all on Wednesday. If they lose, that means the series will be… Read more
