Michael Sanserino of the PG reported late last night that the Pirates and Andrew McCutchen have agreed to a 6-year extension worth $51.5 million with a club option for a 7th year worth $14.75 million. Last week I wrote about how this deal needed to get done when we learned McCutchen’s people wanted something in the
Pirates “sign” 25 players
The Pirates announced today they have “signed” 25 players from their 40-man roster. That makes every player on the roster under contract for the 2012 season. The reason why “signed” is in quotation marks is because it isn’t really like the players negotiate or have anything to do with this. These are all the players
Burnett trade now official
Burnett passed the physical and mlb approved the trade. Done deal. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) February 19, 2012 Now that the trade is official and approved by MLB, a corresponding roster move must be made by the Pirates to make room for A.J. Burnett on the 40-man roster. The likely candidates seem to be Duke
Pirates acquire A.J. Burnett
(Pending commissioner approval) The Yankees will send right handed pitcher A.J. Burnett along with $20 million in cash to the Pirates for minor leaguers Diego Moreno and Exicardo Cayones. I’m not going to go into much about Burnett because we’ve discussed it non-stop for about a week now, but Rob Biertempfel says that out of
Pirates win arbitration case against Jones; agree with McGehee
Garrett Jones and the Pirates went to arbitration yesterday to determine if he would make $2.25 million or $2.5 million this season. Today, arbitration was ruled in favor of the Pirates and Jones will make $2.25 million. It’s pretty amazing that they couldn’t settle with the two sides being so close, but hey, I guess
Pirates sign reliever Brian Tallet
Kevin Goldstein from Baseball Prospectus tweeted today that the Pirates signed left-handed reliever Brian Tallet. Tallet’s deal is a minor league contract and does not yet include an invite to spring training (Major League camp). After hearing that an invite to camp doesn’t go along with this signing, I think it is safe to say