Jim Callis of Baseball America released the bonus pools for the 2012 draft today. The Pittsburgh Pirates will end up with a pool of $6,563,500, which includes their first round pick, valued at $2.9 M. That...
Well, after days of breathless anticipation, countless efforts by the Yankees’ media shills to invent a “mystery team” to ratchet up the pressure on the Pirates, and about a billion updates all saying more or less...
We've heard a lot of rumors surrounding A.J. Burnett the last few days, and the latest rumors to come out suggest that the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees are debating over how much money...
BRIAN TALLET
LEFT HANDED PITCHER
Born: September 21, 1977
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 220
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 2nd Round, 55th Overall, 2000 (Indians)
How Acquired: Minor League Free Agent
College: Louisiana State University
Agent: CAA Sports
WTM'S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
Tallet was with the Indians when Pirate GM Neal Huntington was there. He...
Yesterday the Washington Nationals signed right handed pitcher Edwin Jackson to a one year deal for $10 M. The move gives Washington a strong rotation, with Jackson joining Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, and Gio Gonzalez. Among...
The 2011-2012 off-season has been somewhat amusing. At the start of the off-season, the big focus was on the options of Paul Maholm, Ryan Doumit, Chris Snyder, and Ronny Cedeno. The Pirates declined all four options,...
Last week I took an early look at the 2013 payroll, and followed that up with an early look at the 2014 payroll. The purpose of the looks is to see if the Pittsburgh Pirates project...
When I was writing about a possible long term Edwin Jackson deal the other day, I reached a point where I started thinking about how a long term deal would fit in with the Pittsburgh Pirates'...
The Pittsburgh Pirates had one of their best off-seasons in 2002-2003 from a free agency standpoint. I feel that disclaimer is necessary because while the Pirates made some strong free agent signings that off-season, they also...
Buster Olney tweeted the following this afternoon:
The asking prices have come down significantly for veteran FA starters: Oswalt (said to be at $8m), Kuroda (10-11m), Edwin Jackson.
Neal Huntington has stated that he is comfortable with the...
Dejan Kovacevic has a small update on the off-season plans for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He mentions that there's money to spend, and that he hears the top priority is a starting pitcher. Last week I pointed...
