Tag Archives: trade rumors
Winter Meetings Notebook: Rule 5 Draft Preview
Day three of the winter meetings wrapped up without any moves being made by the Pittsburgh Pirates, although we did have several rumors and updates about players the Pirates are… Read more
Pirates Offering Paul Maholm
Dejan Kovacevic tweets that he’s hearing the Pittsburgh Pirates are offering left handed starter Paul Maholm on the trade market. That’s something I speculated about this morning, after this week’s… Read more
Jason Bartlett Traded to the Padres
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded shortstop Jason Bartlett to the San Diego Padres, according to Corey Brock of MLB.com. We heard earlier that the Padres and Pirates were the… Read more
Wednesday Shortstop Updates
A lot of updates today on the two top shortstops available on the market, J.J. Hardy and Jason Bartlett, with the Pittsburgh Pirates involved with both players. The J.J. Hardy… Read more
Rule 5 Updates: Elvin Ramirez, Trades
The Rule 5 draft is tomorrow afternoon, and there are a few updates on the Pirates’ first overall pick. -Dejan Kovacevic mentioned this morning that Elvin Ramirez, a right handed… Read more
Pirates Pushing Hard to Trade Doumit
Dejan Kovacevic has an update on Ryan Doumit, noting that the Pirates are really pushing hard to trade him, according to a National League scout. We’ve heard that the Pirates… Read more
Why are the Pirates Still Looking at Kawakami?
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Pirates were reported to have shown interest in Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami. Yesterday there was speculation that their interest may be cooling after the signings… Read more
Are the Pirates Building Trade Depth?
It’s hard to draw any conclusions about the projected 2011 roster this early in the off-season, but after two days of the MLB Winter Meetings there are two trends that… Read more
Pirates Making Offers to Relievers
Ken Rosenthal tweets that the Pittsburgh Pirates are showing interest and making offers on a number of free agent relievers. Rosenthal mentions that the team made an offer to J.J…. Read more
Interest in Kawakami Cools?
Rob Biertempfel has an update on Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami, suggesting that the Pittsburgh Pirates interest may have cooled now that the team has agreed to deals with… Read more
