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Huntington: Raynor in front of Moss

Dejan Kovacevic reports that Rule 5 pick-up John Raynor is currently ahead of Brandon Moss in the battle for the final bench spot.

Rangers remain interested in Vazquez

According to Ed Price, the Texas Rangers remain interested in Ramon Vazquez for a utility infielder role. A Vazquez trade has been expected...

Pirates cut eight, including Hart

The Pirates cut eight players from major league camp today, most notably Kevin Hart. Daniel McCutchen will be the team's fifth starter to...

Pirates cut Alvarez, Tabata

Dejan Kovacevic reports that the Pirates trimmed the roster to 49 this morning. Top prospects Pedro Alvarez and Jose Tabata were sent to...

Pirates cut total of 13 players

Dejan Kovacevic reports that the Pirates have made their first cuts of spring training, sending Ramon Aguero, Argenis Diaz, Brian Friday, Gorkys Hernandez, Brandon...

The goal of Neal Huntington’s trades

Neal Huntington was handed a group of major leaguers that were in their prime years, but were no better than average for the most part. In addition to that, they were approaching free agency, and there were few prospects available to replace them. So Huntington waved his magic wand and made that group of players five years younger, setting up the Pirates for potential success several years sooner than expected.

Vazquez does not expect to make team

Utility infielder Ramon Vazquez told Dejan Kovacevic that he does not expect to head north with the Pirates at the end of spring training.

Three pitching prospects to miss start of season

Pirates pitching prospects Colton Cain, Zach Fuesser and Brett Lorin will miss the first half of the season with injuries. None are arm...

Dotel throws off mound

Pirates closer Octavio Dotel made the first step in returning from an oblique injury by throwing 31 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday.

Is Bob Nutting pocketing profits?

Bob Nutting announces the firing of Dave Littlefield - Andy Starnes, Post-GazetteIf you don’t trust Bob Nutting, that’s fine. I’m not sure I completely trust him myself. But let’s knock him for things we know for certain, not for commonly accepted “realities” that are unsubstantiated and, honestly, don’t make a whole lot of sense.

A few thoughts regarding the future of the payroll

Dejan posted some of his angrier mail items in yesterday's Q&A. Most of them look something like this: Q: IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THE...

Improving in 2010

Dejan Kovacevic capped off the 2009 season with ten steps he feels will improve the team in 2010. I figured I would go through...
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