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Pirates Prioritizing Finding a Catcher, Yankees a Match
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have prioritized finding a catcher this off-season, and speculates that the New York Yankees could be a match…. Read more
Edwin Jackson a Possibility for the Pirates?
Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors looked at Edwin Jackson’s upcoming free agency, following his poor start in the World Series last night. Dierkes speculated that the Yankees and Red… Read more
Pirates to Decline Options For Doumit and Snyder
Jenifer Langosch reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates expect to decline the options of Ryan Doumit and Chris Snyder, with both decisions due five days after the end of the World… Read more
2012 Free Agent Options: Starting Pitching
For Pittsburgh Pirates fans, the 2012 free agent market for starting pitchers will be simple: compare everyone to Paul Maholm. The Pirates made it clear that they wouldn’t be bringing… Read more
Rosenthal on the CBA Negotiations
The off-season focus is generally on player moves, designed to give each team a better chance to compete in future years. This off-season we not only have the player moves… Read more
How Free Agent Compensation Works
There have been a lot of questions in the past few days about free agent compensation and offering arbitration to pending free agents. The process isn’t one we’ve had to… Read more
Derrek Lee is the Best First Baseman “Available”
In looking at the numbers for the upcoming first basemen, one thing stood out to me: Derrek Lee is good. That’s kind of obvious if you watched what Lee did… Read more
Why Aren’t the Pirates Keeping Paul Maholm?
It seems that every year there is a big story in the off-season that always leads to the same result. The Pittsburgh Pirates make a move, the move is unfavorable… Read more
2012 Free Agent Options: Shortstop
Heading in to the off-season, the Pittsburgh Pirates will have an interesting decision to make at the shortstop position. They have an option for $3 M on Ronny Cedeno, who… Read more
2012 Free Agent Options: Catcher
Earlier today I reviewed the 2011 catching position for the Pittsburgh Pirates, with a look towards the 2012 season. The Pirates will enter the off-season looking for a starting catcher,… Read more
