The Pittsburgh Pirates have two teams in the Dominican Summer League, and they had two completely different seasons.
The DSL Pirates Black finished with a 19-36 record, which put them last in the eight-team Northwest Division, with...
The Arizona Fall League begins their season with one game on Monday night. This year the prospects from the Pittsburgh Pirates will be playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions, who make their debut Tuesday night at 9:30...
When the deadline for offering contracts passed last night, four new free agents were created. The Pirates offered contracts to pitcher Jeff Karstens and SS Ronny Cedeno, both as expected. But they elected not to tender contracts to pitchers Donnie Veal and Brian Burres, SS Argenis Diaz, and OF Lastings Milledge. Veal is still recovering from elbow surgery, and is expected to sign a minor league deal with the Pirates. Since he is going to have to spend some time in the minors when he returns anyway, this is not likely to affect his progress much. The other three are all free agents now.
Other notes: Former Pirate C Ronny Paulino was also non-tendered by the Marlins, and he also is now a free agent. Pittsburgh native INF Josh Wilson, who played for the Indy Indians in 2008, was resigned by the Mariners. (NOT Jack Wilson, who is also on the Mariners' roster.) OF Eric Hinske was signed as a free agent by the Braves. P Zach Duke signed a contract with the Diamondbacks, avoiding arbitration.
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