http://www.bucslocker.com Pittsburgh Pirates Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Pirates have signed 34-year old lefty reliever Brian Tallet to a minor league deal. He pitched in 19 games (0 starts) for the Cardinals & Blue Jays last year and he was 0-2 with a 9.45 ERA and a 2.18 WHIP. Tallet has now pitched in 242 ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/02/03/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-brian-tallet/ The Pirates got decent work from their starting rotation in 2011, but they are hoping for improvement out of this bunch. Here is a look at the starting rotation for 2012 as things stand right now: #1: Erik Bedard: The Pirates signed 32-year old lefty Erik Bedard to ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/02/02/the-pittsburgh-pirates-are-hoping-for-improvement-out-of-the-starting-rotation-in-2012/ The Pirates have signed 33-year old righty reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league deal. Cruz pitched in 56 games (0 starts) for the Rays last year and he was 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. He has now pitched in 404 games (38 starts) ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/02/02/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-juan-cruz/ The Pirates have signed 30-year old righty starting pitcher Daniel Cabrera to a minor league deal. He did not pitch at all last season and he last pitched in the majors back in 2009 with the Nationals & Diamondbacks. Cabrera has pitched in 162 games (155 starts) in ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera/ The Pittsburgh Pirates struck quick in free agency in landing catcher Rod Barajas, shortstop Clint Barmes and lefty starting pitcher Erik Bedard. Since then they have been trolling for bargains in the basement. Here is a look at the players they have added for the 2012 season so ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/01/14/the-pittsburgh-pirates-have-added-quantity-over-quality-this-winter/ The Pirates have signed 31-year old lefty reliever Doug Slaten to a minor league deal. Slaten pitched in 31 games (0 starts) for the Nationals last year and he was 0-2 with a 4.41 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP. He has now pitched in 206 games (0 starts) ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/01/11/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-doug-slaten/ The Pirates have signed 29-year old righty reliever Logan Kensing to a minor league deal. Kensing pitched in 30 games (0 starts) in AAA+Independent ball last year and he was 1-1 with 4 saves, a 3.49 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. He last pitched in the majors back ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-logan-kensing/ The Pirates have signed 27-year old lefty starter/reliever Jo Jo Reyes to a minor league deal. Reyes pitched in 29 games (25 starts) for the Orioles and Blue Jays last year and he was 7-11 with a 5.57 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP. He has now pitched in ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-jo-jo-reyes/ The Pirates have signed 29-year old switch-hitting SS/2B Anderson Hernandez to a minor league deal. Hernandez played in 136 games in AAA-ball last year for the Astros and he was 153 of 510 (.300 avg, .766 OPS) with 74 runs scored, 6 homers, 52 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2011/12/22/the-pittsburgh-pirates-sign-anderson-hernandez/ The Pirates have re-signed 28-year old lefty swinging 1B Jeff Clement to a minor league deal. Clement played in 31 games in Rookie+AAA-ball last year and he was 25 of 94 (.266 avg, .733 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 1 homer and 12 RBIs. He last played in ... http://www.bucslocker.com/2011/12/20/the-pittsburgh-pirates-re-sign-jeff-clement/