Pirates DFA Vasquez, Hacker, and Lerud
buccofans.com 22 days ago — 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 ...

40 Man Shuffling
hyzduhq.blogspot.com 22 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 ...

News and Notes
raisethejollyroger.com 22 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 ...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2010 25-Man Roster Projection
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Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster
northsidenotch.com 10/20/2009 — The Pirates outrighted relievers Denny Bautista, Chris Bootcheck, and Craig Hansen this afternoon from the 40-man roster.Bautista, 29, posted a 5.27 ERA in 13.2 innings. In Bautista's 2 seasons with the Pirates, he posted a 5.89 ERA in 55 innings.Bootcheck, 30, posted an 11.05 ERA in 14.2 ...

Mets Add Third Baseman To 40 Man Roster
longislandmetfan.blogspot.com 23 days ago — The Mets have announced that they added third baseman Shawn Bowman to their 40 man roster. Bowman, 24, played for Binghamton (AA) last year, where he hit 24 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 44 RBI in 91 games...

Your Depressing Pirates Story For The Day [Mlb]
deadspin.com 10/3/2009 — Pittsburgh farmhand Eric Hacker finally made his major league debut last week at PNC Park, a nice moment for which one lone fan applauded. One . And now the fan's been found . Fittingly, he writes horror novels. Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh ...

Pirates acquire 2B Iwamura from Rays (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 24 days ago
Akinori Iwamura apparently didn't check the standings after being traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Iwamura, acquired to be the Pirates' starting second baseman, is hoping his new team can be a contender soon. Really. "I ...

The San Francisco Giants Drafting Barry Bonds In 1982 — Bleacher Report - MLB 23 days ago
ONCE AGAIN this past weekend, with the Pittsburgh Pirates in town, I thought how nice it would be if the Giants had Barry Bonds. The Giants drafted Bonds, remember, in 1982, their second choice in the draft of high school and college players. They ...

Bondy: Yeah, Yanks! Boo, parade! — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 22 days ago
The Creatures don't want to complain. We really don't. But that parade Friday was so badly paced, so bogus, it looked like it was produced by Fox Sports. It could have been a parade for the Kansas City Royals, or the Pittsburgh Pirates.  ...

Trade Analysis: Pirates pick up Iwamura — Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs 21 days ago
Akinori Iwamura will try to help the Pirates get back in the swing of things. When the Pirates traded for Akinori Iwamura on Tuesday night, sending righthanded reliever Jesse Chavez to Tampa Bay, then exercised the second baseman’s 2010 ...

Why Jason Bay Might Be Worth $20 Million a Year, to the Right Team — Bleacher Report - MLB 20 days ago
You (probably) can hold out for more than the $15 million a year Boston is reportedly offering you, Jason Bay. Based on his hitting, Jason Bay would be a "five win" (above replacement, or WAR) player. At $4 million a WAR, (the going free agent ...