Pitchers Karstens, Meek come to terms with Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that they’ve added six non-roster invitees to Spring Training. The new additions are Gerrit Cole, Michael Crotta, Ramon Cabrera, Eric Fryer, Tony Sanchez, and Robbie Grossman. Of the group, only Crotta and Fryer have major league experience, both spending time in the majors in 2011. I don’t see any of the group making the majors out...

Yesterday was the deadline for teams and arbitration eligible players to exchange salary figures for arbitration. The Pittsburgh Pirates reached pre-arbitration deals with six of the eight eligible players, and exchanged figures with the remaining two players. Here is a look at how each player did through arbitration, looking at the MLBTR estimates and the actual money that the players...

The Pirates agreed to terms on a 1-year deal with closer Joel Hanrahan and starter Charlie Morton. Both players are entering their 1st season of arbitration eligibility. Hanrahan’s deal is worth $4.1 million after a stellar season where he posted a 1.83 ERA over 68 2/3 innings. He racked up 40 saves in 44 opportunities. His K/9 dipped down to 8.0 from 12.9 in 2010, so that...

Bill Brink of the Post-Gazette reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a one year, $2.445 M deal with pitcher Charlie Morton. The deal allows the two sides to avoid Morton’s first year of arbitration. Morton was originally projected for a $2.1 M salary, per MLBTR’s arbitration estimates. The 2012 40-man roster/payroll page has been updated with the new amount.

In the next few weeks the Pirates Prospects 2012 Annual will be released, covering every player invited to major league Spring Training, along with exclusive features and articles. Some of those features include Pitch F/X reports on Erik Bedard, Charlie Morton, Jeff Karstens, and other pitchers on the staff. Each player will have an exclusive projection for their 2012 stat line,...

To coincide with their surely mediocre 2012 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates have lined up some surely mediocre bands to attract another fan or two to the ballpark this season. From Bill Brink at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pirates announced the rest of their summer concert series today. Boyz II Men will perform Saturday, June 9, after the Pirates play the Royals at 7:15 p.m....

The Pirates have avoided arbitration with starting pitcher Evan Meek by signing him to a one-year deal worth $875K (with some performance-based incentives). This leaves just Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee for Pirates that are eligible for arbitration.

All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan agreed Monday to a $4.1 million, one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and right-hander Charlie Morton struck a one-year deal worth $2,445,000. Hanrahan went 1-4 with a 1.83 ERA while saving 40 games for the Pirates in 2011, helping the team to a 15-game improvement over 2010. The 30-year-old right-hander made $1.4 million last season. Hanrahan...

On this date in 1895 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded pitcher Red Ehret, along with cash to the St Louis Browns for pitcher Pink Hawley. Ehret was 26 at the time of the trade and had played for the Pirates for three seasons compiling a 53-59 3.79 record. In 1894 he went 19-21 5.14 in 346.2 innings. Hawley was just 22 years old and while he had a poor record at 30-58 in three years with...

I wrote a post yesterday comparing Brad Lincoln and Kevin Correia, and I came to the point where I said I would rather see Lincoln in the rotation than Correia. Now I want to see what you all think, so vote in this poll:Who Would You Rather Have In The Rotation?

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Monday that they have agreed to terms with Norwalk pitcher Joel Hanrahan on a one-year deal that’s worth $4.1 million.

The Pirates reached contract agreements with right-handed pitchers Jeff Karstens and Evan Meek on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration.

The Reds signed Ryan Ludwick to a one-year contract, and Redleg Nation is not impressed: File this under “It could be worse”: Best thing about Ryan Ludwick is that he doesn’t spell his name “J-u-a-n P-i-e-r-r-e” or “R-i-c-k A-n-k-i-e-l.” Ryan Ludwick’s career certainly seems to be fading as he ages into his early 30s. Teams may remember his outstanding 2008...