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buccofans.com - 23 days ago
Pirates DFA Vasquez, Hacker, and Lerud
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According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates have designated three players for assignment. Those players are Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. All three players will have ten days to be traded, claimed by another team, or released. The likely outcome would be that ...
community.post-gazette.com - 23 days ago
Vasquez, Hacker, Lerud off 40-man
— community.post-gazette.com — By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:29 p.m. Friday The Pirates today outrighted pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker... to Class AAA Indianapolis, catcher Steve Lerud to Class AA Altoona, removing them from the 40-man roster. That roster currently stands at ... (more) Vasquez, Hacker, Lerud off 40-man

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post-gazette.com - 23 days ago
Pirates designate three for assignment
— post-gazette.com — The Pirates today assigned pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to Triple-A Indianapolis, and catcher Steve Larud... to Double-A Altoona. (more) Pirates designate three for assignment

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northsidenotch.com - 23 days ago
Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster
— northsidenotch.com — The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting... C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both remain on the 40-day DL.Vasquez, 27, pitched ... (more) Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster

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Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster
northsidenotch.com 23 days ago — The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both remain on the 40-day DL.Vasquez, 27, pitched ...
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hyzduhq.blogspot.com 23 days ago — Today the Bucs removed Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud off the 40 man. All three were on the roster for about a year or so. The removing of Lerud makes the most sense of them all. He was added last year as a worst case scenario backup at catcher. A team needs to have one and since ...
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raisethejollyroger.com 23 days ago — Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially the offseason: The Pirates removed three players from the 40-man roster : Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency starter/bullpen guy with the Bucs. Hacker was ...
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