The Pirates have signed 26-year old righty reliever/starter Travis Chick to a minor league deal. Chick has not pitched yet this season. He has pitched in 3 games (0 starts) in his major league career and he is 0-0 with a 12.60 ERA and a 3.40 WHIP. Chick has also pitched in 189 games (142 starts) in his 8 years in the minors and he is 48-45 with 1 save, a 4.26 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP. It will be interesting to see if Chick can work his way to Pittsburgh before the 2010 season is over.

UPDATE: (8/13/2010) - The Pirates have traded Chick to the Rangers for either a player to be named later or cash. Chick only pitched in 1 AAA-game for the Pirates and it wasn’t a pretty one. He pitched 1 inning in his only appearance in AAA for the Pirates and he gave up 4 hits, walked 1 batter and he gave up 3 earned runs. This is a great move no matter what the Pirates get for Chick.