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<t>In looking at this list, it appears that the Pirates have no shortstops who could become regulars. Peguro is now pegged as a second baseman, as are a number of other prospects: Johnson, Rodriguez (catcher), Bae, Truillo, Gonzalez, and others.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> In short, with Newman now gone,...

<t>I believe the rule changes that will eliminate many defensive shifts are a factor that will affect the performance of many individual pitchers and hitters and that no one will have a good understanding of how said changes will affect a team's overall performance for at least the first half of so ...

<t>Seeing how many teams have thrown around money this off-season, I'm not sure that other teams not choosing to pick him up because of his salary ($1.55 mil) is a ringing endorsement of his talent. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> That said, I am glad that he is still part of the Pirate's system. <br/> <br/...

<t>I too did not anticipate Andujar being the one to go, particularly after the Bucs quickly resigned him to a contract last year. That said, the move appears to make sense for the construction of next year's roster with Santana, Choi, Joe, and Cutch on the team. That's a total of 4 of the 13 positi...

<t>Deal is for $5 million, or the same amount we paid for Hedges.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Question --- If Cutch is having a decent season through mid-July, and the Pirates are not doing well, would you trade him away from Pittsburgh a second time?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Similarly, if he tanks, would ...

This is assuming (likely a given) that he is in the line-up on opening day when there are some fans in the stands.

<t>Trevor Bauer was suspended, he was not banned from baseball. He has served his suspension and to the best of my knowledge was not accused of similar problems during his suspension.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> While I doubt that he has outgrown his need/desire to control others, perhaps counseling he h...

<t>So much for being one of the younger teams in the league. While I recognize that Hill, Santana, and now Cutch were likely signed for only a year, loading up on too many one dimensional way past their prime veterans is not a productive way to bring excitement to PNC. It is also costly, both in ter...

<t>But, he has yet to pass the Twins' physical. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Perhaps the saga will continue. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The contract with the Twins, however, does mitigate the risk to some degree compared to the Giants and Mets deals. And according to the MLB Trade Rumors site, the Mets real...

Young looks like roster filler for the AA or AAA team. Frankly, if I were the Pirates, I would rather have received cash as the return.