Well, everyone has been complaining that the Pirates front office hasn't done anything of significance this year, and, well, they still haven't. However, Pirates.com does report that the Bucs have signed 1B Doug Mientkiewicz to a minor league contract. Besides being a real pain to spell, he'll simply be another body off the bench, but will probably be a bit rusty considering he spent most of last season rehabbing a fractured wrist from a collision in June. When healthy, he batted a decent .277 with 5 homers, and 24 RBI's. Mientkiewicz was a Gold Glover in 2001, and has a career fielding percentage of 996. which is second all time among all first basemen. He also won a world series with the Red Sox in '04 (and stole the ball from the final out...remember that?). The Pirates also tried to acquire him in '04 but he ended up with the BoSox (and a WS ring) instead. Mientkiewicz and his .271 all time batting average should be a solid back up veteran to LaRoche, and...
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