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The Marlins, Pirates, Tigers are the finalist for free agent pitcher Derrick Turnbow. Turnbow has struggled over the past three seasons, but owns a career 4.30 ERA in 257 appearances, making some think a change of scenery is all he needs. Turnbow has had success in Dolphin Stadium, and may intrigued by the idea of playing out of the NL Central, which could hurt the Pirates' chances...

Here's an interesting thought from Squaking Consider: this past spring, Dan Fox introduced a defensive metric on Baseball Prospectus that rated Luis Rivas as one of the worst defensive middle infielders in the last fifty years. Weeks later, Fox was hired by the Pirates. And yet Rivas ...

Free agent reliever and reclamation project, Derrick Turnbow has signed a 1 year deal with the Texas Rangers ending weeks of speculation of where his next home would be.

MLB.com is reporting that the Rangers and free agent pitcher Derrick Turnbow have agreed to a minor league deal. Turnbow chose the Rangers because he is familiar with Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux, who was the Brewers pitching coach while Turnbow was in Milwaukee. If Turnbow makes the major league roster, he will receive 925,000 plus incentives. This story was approved by MLB Rumors.

Most of the time when people do their year-end remebrances, they have a decent amount of positive things to write about. As a Pirate fan, it's hard to find positive things. Still, I've been thinking back about 2008 for a little while now, and there are at least a few good memories that the year ...

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After a bottomless glass of Nate's hoppy homebrews, I'm nursing a minor "sinus condition" this morning. Fortunately, I have no responsibilities at all today aside from getting some greasy breakfast and watching sports. And what a day for it. The MLB Network launches full programming ...