Major League Baseball has a list of players who might be available. Does anyone want any of these guys? Hee Seop Choi is interesting, but with Sean Casey AND Jim Tracy on the team, there's no chance of the Pirates grabbing him. Russell Branyan, who has an .814 career OPS against righties, would seem to be a good platoon partner with Freddy Sanchez, but he "strikes out too much" and the Pirates have said they aren't interested in him. Still, it would seem that platoon-crazy Jim Tracy could get a lot of production out of Branyan and Sanchez if he could look past the strikeouts.
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