Tag: Andy LaRoche
This Date in Pirates History: September 13
Four former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, including two that were traded for Jason Schmidt. In his Jolly Roger Rewind, John Fredland...
A Recent History of the 82nd Win -1980
Though there were excellent signs of improvement in 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates are not close to contention. Next year, though, we might reasonably expect...
Oakland Signs Andy LaRoche
Andy LaRoche has found a new home, signing a minor league deal today with the Oakland Athletics. LaRoche will receive an invite to Spring...
Non-Tender Deadline Preview
The non-tender deadline is tonight, Thursday night, at midnight. Teams must decide whether to tender their arbitration eligible players contracts, or non-tender them and...
Daily Recap: De La Rosa to Colorado
The big news from today is that Jorge De La Rosa is close to a three year deal with the Colorado Rockies. We heard...
LaRoche and Young Elect Free Agency
Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young have both elected free agency, after both players were designated for assignment last Friday. Both players had more than...
Losing Duke, LaRoche and Young
In a somewhat surprising move, the Pirates designated Zach Duke, Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young for assignment on Friday to make room on the 40-man roster. It was not surprising that those players were let go, bit I figured the front office would hang on to them until the non-tender deadline in an attempt to make a trade.
Pirates Add Five, DFA Duke, LaRoche, Delwyn
The Pittsburgh Pirates have added five players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the upcoming Rule 5 draft, and designated Zach Duke,...
Pirates Winter League Recap: 11/7-11/13
The Mesa Solar Sox went 1-4 this week, and currently sit 13-14. Here is how the Pirates prospects fared this week:
-Andrew Lambo played in...