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[SI.com] - Cubs sign reliever Grabow to 2-year, $7.5M deal

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:49 GMT

... io and Kevin Hart, and minor league infielder Josh Harrison. Selected by the Pirates in the third round of the 1997 amateur draft, Grabow is 20-15 with six saves ...

[Bucs Dugout] - Rule 5 Possibilities

Vlad — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:05 GMT

... count » Registered? Log in now! â†‘ Top of comments â†‘ Top of page â†‘ FanPosts â†‘ Bucs Dugout â†‘ SB Nation Now that teams are starting to finalize their rosters pri ...

[Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke?] - Free agency and spending

Pat Lackey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:03 GMT

... g about Jayson Stark's story yesterday , in which he estimates that even the Pirates start every year with $80 million in pocket when you combine revenue sharing ...

[Fake Teams] - Arizona Fall League: Jose Tabata Goes 6-for-7, Posey Drives in 4

raygu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:02 GMT

... Klaw ( 2:03 PM ) No. I think that's a year early. I am not so sure since the Pirates could move Jones to 1B should he duplicate his 2009 season. But, Tabata is n ...

[Post-Gazette: Bob Smizik's Blog] - Same old blarney from Pirates

Bob Smizik — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:49 GMT

... heartening about Huntington’s comments was that he gave scant indication the Pirates would be any kind of players in free agency or that the team was significant ...

[Post-Gazette: PBC Blog] - Light-up Night baseball talk, 11-20-09

Dejan Kovacevic — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:03:25 GMT

[Hyzdu Headquarters] - Good to Hear From You

Michael J — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:52:51 GMT

... e making almost $80 million before even opening the gate, and he accuses the Pirates of being one. Of course Frank Coonelly immediately denied the report, but if ...

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - Pirates enter free agency cautiously

Chuck Finder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:41:27 GMT

... re reasonably covered. If there's a good value and fit there, we do it." The Pirates, with a 2010 payroll hovering around $32 million, have money to toss at free ...

[The Tribune-Review] - MLB commissioner: Some clubs lost money

The Associated Press Friday, November 20, 2009 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:36:17 GMT

... Tracy cops NL Manager of Year honor Greenberg gears up for biggest endeavor Bucs' McCutchen misses National League rookie award Pirates won't make splash in ...

[Pittsburgh Lumber Co.] - The value of a reliever

matt-bandi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:35 GMT

... seven seasons, he has made 420 appearances and thrown 388.1 innings for the Pirates and Cubs. Over that time he has been worth somewhere between one and two ext ...

[Bucs Dugout] - Baseball Prospectus: Minor League Free Agents

Charlie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:49:21 GMT

... count » Registered? Log in now! â†‘ Top of comments â†‘ Top of page â†‘ FanShots â†‘ Bucs Dugout â†‘ SB Nation It's subscription-only, unfortunately. This is a nifty wr ...

[Mondesishouse.com] - TODAY'S HEADLINES

mondesishouse — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:23 GMT

... h's helmet, which I'm sure is very badly bruised from the incident. [PG] The Pirates are reportedly getting $80 million from MLB . And that's before tickets, par ...

[Post-Gazette: Bob Smizik's Blog] - Report: Pirates get $80 million from MLB

Bob Smizik — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:31:51 GMT

... o an oustanding baseball reporter, who writes for Fox. In Rosenthal's story, Pirates president Frank Coonelly denies the $80 million figure but does not name the ...

[MLB Trade Rumors] - Odds & Ends: Pirates, Cubs, Red Sox, Hawkins

Ben Nicholson-Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:23:20 GMT

... dard Florida Marlins Houston Astros LaTroy Hawkins Pedro Martinez Pittsburgh Pirates Reed Johnson Rich Harden San Francisco Giants This is only a preview. Your c ...

[ESPN] - Revenue sharing a mess

Jayson Stark — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:18:59 GMT

... ifferent. But the five neediest teams -- which we believe to be the Marlins, Pirates, Rays, Blue Jays and Royals -- averaged somewhere in the vicinity of $35 mil ...