All offseason I have been writing about how the Pirates need to sign or trade for a power hitting big league first baseman. Well this morning, the Pirates got one part of that right. They signed the former Pirate Jeff Clement to a minor league deal. Is Clement a power-hitter? No. Is Jeff Clement a big league player? No. If Jeff Clement a first baseman? Technically, yes. He's not a very good one, but that's the position he plays. This really doesn't make any sense to me because the Pirates have more than enough depth at first base, the problem is that none of the options are very good. Casey McGehee, Garrett Jones, Nick Evans, Jake Fox, and Matt Hague are all able first basemen in the upper levels of the system. I have no idea what the Pirates are going to do with Clement this season. Just another mystery signing that you can't complain about too much because they didn't lose anything in, but this one is very confusing.
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