Pittsburgh appears to be shaving the budget of general manager Neal Honeycutt’s (sic) advisers. Longtime Pirates special assistant Pete Vuckovich beat the posse out of town, accepting a similar role in Seattle, where he is reunited with general manager Jack Zduriencik and Ted Simmons, also a special assistant in Seattle. Zduriencik is a former scouting director in Pittsburgh and Simmons is a former Vuckovich teammate in the big leagues. Pirates also have informed Keith Champion and Larry Corrigan — both given four-year contracts and among Huntington’s initial hires — that their deals won’t be renewed.