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Pirates invite Fox to spring training Wed Nov 23 11:40:26 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed catcher Jake Fox to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Fox appeared in 27 games with Baltimore last season, batting .246 with a pair of homers and six runs batted in. He spent most of the campaign at Triple-A Norfolk. The 29-year-old journeyman began his big league career with the Cubs in 2007 and has also played for Oakland. He belted 11 homers and drove in 44 runs in 82 games for Chicago in 2009,
Pirates ink Barmes to two-year deal Mon Nov 21 14:50:47 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free-agent shortstop Clint Barmes to a two-year contract on Monday. Barmes arrives from Houston, where he hit .244 with 12 homers, 27 doubles and 39 RBI in 123 games for an Astros club which was the worst in baseball last season. He also posted a .978 fielding percentage, committing only 12 errors in 539 chances. "With the signing of Clint Barmes, we have added an above average defensive shortstop who will bring quality experience
Pirates ink C Barajas Thu Nov 10 11:58:48 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates signed veteran catcher Rod Barajas to a one-year contract on Thursday. The deal includes a club option for 2013. Barajas hit .230 with 16 home runs and 47 RBI in 98 games for the Dodgers in 2011. Since the beginning of the 2009 season, the 36-year-old right-handed hitter ranks third among all catchers with 50 home runs. In 1,010 career games with Arizona (1999-2003), Texas (2004-2006), Philadelphia (2007), Toronto (2008-2009), the New Yor
Punchless Mets to move Citi Field walls in Mon Oct 31 14:26:15 2011 EST
ns in the National League this past season, the New York Mets will be moving the outfield walls at Citi Field closer to home plate. The Mets said Monday they will move in the walls in left and right field and lower the home run line to eight feet. They said the wall will be as much as 12 feet closer to home plate. Their 108 home runs this year beat only the San Diego Padres, Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates among NL teams. They hit just 50 of the homers at Citi Field, which opened in 2009.
Braves pick up option on Hinske, not McLouth Mon Oct 31 12:33:12 2011 EST
ion on outfielder Nate McLouth. The 34-year-old Hinske played in 117 games in 2011, batting .233 with 10 home runs and 28 RBI. His 10 round-trippers tied for third-most in the National League among batters with 240 at-bats or fewer. McLouth hit .228 with four homers and 16 RBI in an injury-shortened 2011 season. Acquired by the Braves from the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 3, 2009, McLouth played in 250 games for Atlanta over two-plus seasons, hitting .229 with 44 doubles, 21 home runs and 76 RBI.
Pirates decline options on Maholm, 3 others Mon Oct 31 11:42:27 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have declined club options on pitcher Paul Maholm, infielder Ronny Cedeno and catchers Ryan Doumit and Chris Snyder. Maholm, who has spent all seven of his major league seasons with Pittsburgh, struggled to a 6-14 record and 3.66 earned run average in 26 starts this past year. Cedeno batted .249 with two homers and 32 RBI in 128 games with Pittsburgh in 2011. Doumit hit .303 with eight home runs and 30 RBI over 77 games, while Snyder batt
Scrapping relegation would be a step in the wrong direction Thu Oct 20 12:56:31 2011 EST
d as opposed to clubs like Bolton, Everton and Wolverhampton. But if you take away the threat of relegation there is even less incentive for smaller-spending clubs to improve because their status as a top-flight team is not in jeopardy. The Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball have consistently been one of the worst teams in the league for over a decade. However, there has not been any urgency to spend money to get better because the team will still bring in around the same amount of mone
Pirates' Morton recovering from surgery Tue Oct 11 15:28:27 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that pitcher Charlie Morton underwent successful surgery on Monday to repair a torn labrum in his left hip. Morton made 29 starts for Pittsburgh in 2011, going 10-10 after posting a 2-12 mark a year earlier with the Pirates. The right-hander's earned run average dipped from 7.57 in 2010 to 3.83 this past season. For his career, Morton has compiled a 21-39 record with a 5.11 ERA in 79 starts and one relief appearance for Atlanta
Pirates agree to terms with entire coaching staff Tue Oct  4 17:02:50 2011 EST
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Tuesday that all of the club's coaching staff from this past season will return next year. Manager Clint Hurdle, batting coach Gregg Ritchie, pitching coach Ray Searage, first base coach Luis Silverio, third base coach Nick Leyva, bench coach Jeff Banister, bullpen coach Euclides Rojas and coach Mark Strittmatter have all agreed to terms for the 2012 campaign. The Bucs made a surprise run up the standings in the NL Central, t
Greinke tries to give Brewers 2-0 lead in NLDS matchup with D'Backs Sun Oct  2 10:24:57 2011 EST
in 15 starts - all Brewers wins - at Miller Park. The former American League Cy Young Award winner, though, pitched on Wednesday in an effort to lock up the National League's second seed and home field adavantage in this series. He beat the Pittsburgh Pirates that night and threw 74 pitches. "Plenty comfortable," said Greinke, who was 16-6 overall on the year with a 3.49 ERA. "I didn't throw that many pitches last time because we planned on it possibly happening. It doesn't matter when they pitc
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