Tag Archives: Chris Snyder
This Date in Pirates History: February 12
There have been eight former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, among them two very recent ones. Chris Snyder (1981) spent the last two seasons with the Pirates after… Read more
Pirates Offer Arbitration to Derrek Lee
The Pittsburgh Pirates have offered arbitration to free agent first baseman Derrek Lee, and have declined arbitration offers to catcher Chris Snyder and outfielder Ryan Ludwick. If Lee accepts arbitration,… Read more
Deadline For Arbitration to Ranked Free Agents Is Today
The new collective bargaining agreement will eliminate Type A and Type B free agents next year. Fortunately for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the system is still in place this year, as… 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
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
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
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
