PITTSBURGH PIRATES

David Price

The usually low-budget Pittsburgh Pirates are rumored to be interested in what would be a franchise-defining trade. David Price has been dangling on the trade market for the better part of two years, and now the Pirates have emerged as [...]

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Mike Napoli

According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Pittsburgh Pirates view Mike Napoli as the “perfect fit at first base”. However, Cafardo also notes that it is unlikely that the Pirates will be willing to pay enough to sign [...]

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Travis Snider

Monday, December 2 is the deadline to tender arbitration-eligible players a contract. Coming into the offseason, the Pittsburgh Pirates had 10 players eligible for arbitration. At this point, they have eight — Felix Pie elected free agency after being outrighted [...]

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Jed Lowrie

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics are two small market teams that have fought the good fight against the large market teams for quite some time with varying success; could the two teams agree on a trade that helps both [...]

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Lance Berkman

It sounds like the Pittsburgh Pirates are exploring just about every possibility at first base so far in the offseason. According to Travis Sawchik of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Pirates made a call to gauge Lance Berkman‘s interested in joining [...]

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Josh Johnson

The Pittsburgh Pirates were rumored last week to be making calls on “high-upside” starting pitchers, and it appears Josh Johnson was one of them. Johnson apparently told the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres that he would prefer to [...]

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Jameson Taillon

Jameson Taillon is a big man. He stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 235 pounds; he has the body of a workhorse starting pitcher. His body, coupled with his outstanding arsenal of pitches, has scouts drooling over his potential. Taillon finished last [...]

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Pirates

The 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates had an amazing season. The Pirates and their fans saw the longest losing streak in North American history finally come to an end. The fans of the Pirates also saw their team play games and win [...]

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Though they might not have the same deep pockets as the Bronx Bombers, the Pittsburgh Pirates have already poached their share of former talents from the New York Yankees, turning former busts into make-good stories that ultimately helped the team [...]

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