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Pirates Are Aggressively Pursuing Mitch Moreland

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According to Evan Grant of the Dallas News, the Pittsburgh Pirates are aggressively pursuing first baseman Mitch Moreland of the Texas Rangers. With Pedro Alvarez gone, the Pirates are looking for a lefty bat to complement Michael Morse at first base until Josh Bell is ready to take over the position. Moreland is due to make about $5.6M in arbitration according to MLB Trade Rumors. He has one year left before free agency. In 2015, Moreland hit .278/.330/.482 in 132 games. Texas is known for having a high offense park, but Moreland actually had an .898 OPS on the road, compared to .733 at home.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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