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Pirates to Sign Eric Hinske
It's semi-official now. He'll get a base salary of around $1.5 million, which sounds fine for a guy who hit 20 homers last year. As choices of bench players go, Hinske isn't a bad one, and with the Pi...
2003 All Over Again?
This item, buried at the end of a new Ken Rosenthal piece, has me thinking: While some high-revenue teams anticipate salary dumps by clubs in weaker financial positions, the Pirates are among the l...
Pirates Interested in Pedro Martinez
Pedro wants $7 million, and the Pirates don't want to pay that much, so it doesn't look likely that he'd sign with the Pirates. If the Pirates don't overpay free agents or promise them something other...
Cubs Sign Milton Bradley
Three years and $30 million, ESPN reports. As a blogger whose only real connection to the players is watching them on the field, I've long liked Bradley a lot more than a lot of people who've had to p...
Link Roundup: Catching up with Bobby Bradley
-P- Pat has a long recap of the 2003 season, and my eyes are burning. For better or for worse--mostly for worse--2003 has to qualify as one of the more colorful and entertaining seasons in recent...
Rangers Sign Derrick Turnbow
...Thus saving us from discussing Derrick Turnbow anymore, which I'm pretty happy about. In other news, the Angels signed Brian Fuentes to a two-year, $17.5 million deal, wit a 2011 option that vests...
Reds Sign Willy Taveras to Two-Year Deal
Thanks for putting up with the absence of updates, but I guess I picked the right time of year to be away from internet. Anyway, a couple of signings: First, the Reds signed Willy Taveras to a two-ye...
Pirates Look to Sign Rocco Baldelli
The Post-Gazette reports. Depending on the terms, this could be fantastic for the Pirates. Baldelli is only 27, and he recently learned that the fatigue issues that held him back last year w...
Phillies Re-Sign Jamie Moyer
To a two-year, $13 million deal. I actually thought Moyer's last contract, a two-year deal worth $10.5 million, was a bad risk at the time because of Moyer's age, but obviously that contract turned ou...
ESPN: Raul Ibanez Signs with Phillies
If ESPN has the terms right and this really is three years and $30 million, this is one of the worst contracts of the past couple years. Ibanez is still a pretty good hitter, but he's never been ...
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