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The winter league playoffs have finished up.... and catching up with a few other items from the past few days: Roster moves: � Relievers Anthony Claggett and Steven Jackson, who were put on waivers to clear spots on the 40-man roster, have cleared waivers. �They have both been outrighted to the AAA Indianapolis Indians, and both will be non-roster invitees to the major league spring training camp. �Both still have a chance at making the Pirates out of spring training. Also invited to major league camp: �Infielders Brian Friday and Doug Bernier, and catcher Hector Gimenez. Doug Bernier recently signed a minor league contract with the Pirates. �The 29-year old infielder started his pro career in the Rockies' organization as a non-drafted free agent in 2002. �He made it up to the AAA level (Colorado Springs) in 2007, and played there for two season. �He hit .310 in 97 games in 2007, with 15 doubles, 2 homers, and 27 RBI. �In 2008, though, his average dropped to .255, with 10 doubles, 4 triples, 9 homers, and 42 RBI in 110 games. �Bernier made his major league debut with the Rockies in June 2008, but appeared in only 2 games, and went 0-for-4 at the plate. �Bernier spent all of 2009 with the Yankees' 2009 AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate. �He played in 79 games, hitting just .181, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, and 20 RBI. �Bernier does draw his fair share of walks -- 34 in 2009, and 64 in 2008 -- but struck out in nearly a third of his at-bats in 2009 (71), and nearly a quarter of them in 2008 (79). �Bernier has played several infield positions, primarily shortstop, but also second and third bases. �He will likely be the infield depth at Indianapolis. Reliever Juan Mateo has signed a minor league contract with the Angels for 2010. �Mateo made one appearance in Altoona in 2009, then 48 relief appearances in Indianapolis. �He finished with a 7-7 record, 4 saves and a 3.79 ERA. �In 71.1 innings, Mateo gave up 69 hits and 33 runs (30 earned), with 16 walks and 45 strikeouts. �He had come to the Pirates' organization in 2008 after 4.5 years in the Chicago Cubs' organization. OF Jason Delaney has signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins. �Delaney was released by the Pirates back in early November. �He began the 2009 season with Indianapolis, but only played in 2 games for the Indians before being shuffled back to Altoona. �For the Curve, Delaney hit .271 with 25 doubles, 5 triples, 7 home runs, and 65 RBI. �He worked 57 walks but struck out an amazing 90 times in 118 games. �He struggled in the early part of the season, especially in May, when he hit .181. �Things began to turn around in June and July (.286 and .277 respectively). �Delaney poured it on in August and into September, when he hit .320 with 20 RBI. In case you didn't see this: �a chat with pitcher Tim Alderson on Baseball America -- he's working out, particularly working on lower body strengthening, and excited to be with the Pirates.

Some great information became available yesterday, as Dan Szymborski (creator of the ZiPS projection system) posted his minor-league-to-major-league translations for every player season of the past 30 years. Dan works very hard to provide this...