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IN: 2B Felipe Lopez, SP Brad Penny OUT: UT Mark DeRosa, SS Khalil Greene, 3B Troy Glaus, OF Rick Ankiel, SP Joel Pineiro, SP Todd Wellemeyer, P Brad Thompson 2009 W-L: 91-71 PYTHAGOREAN W-L: 91-71 ...

IN: 2B Aaron Miles, SS Orlando Cabrera, SP Aroldis Chapman OUT: UT Adam Rosales, OF Willy Taveras 2009 W-L: 78-84 PYTHAGOREAN W-L: 76-86 OFFENSE: The Reds didn't have much of an offense last year,...

This isn't directly Pirates-related, but: The D-backs gave the talented young outfielder 51.25 million reasons to sign his name on a six-year contract that runs through 2015. The deal buys out...

2008 FINISH: 74-88, fifth place PYTHAGOREAN W-L: 68-94 IN: 3B Pedro Feliz, SP Brett Myers, RP Matt Lindstrom, RP Brandon Lyon OUT: SS Miguel Tejada, OF Darin Erstad, SP Mike Hampton, RP Jose...

Bob Smizik cracks me up: Chass talked to Reds general manager Walt Jocketty, who detailed how the Reds decided to do something drastically different and go after Chapman, who will be 22 later...

With Spring Training upon us, I'd like to take a very early shot at guessing who will make the Pirates' roster out of camp. This time I'll look only at position players; we'll discuss the pitchers...

And also Brian Friday and Hector Gimenez, who were already in the organization. Doug Bernier is new, though. He's a utility type who signed with the Rockies in 2002 as a non-drafted free agent and...

I've been playing a lot of poker recently, so please excuse the long poker metaphor that follows. For those of you who aren't familiar with the game, feel free to skip forward to the sixth...

One year, plus a club option, which is cool. The financial terms haven't been released, but the Post-Gazette has repeatedly hinted that Dotel will cost around $3 million, which is a good deal. Not...

UPDATE: The Post-Gazette actually says the Pirates would mostly use Church as a reserve and an insurance policy, which would be better than I imagined below. I still wonder how they're going to...