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The Pittsburgh Pirates reached pre-arbitration deals with five players in the last two days, but were unable to come to a deal with their final two players. The club exchanged arbitration figures today with those two players: Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee. According to the figures produced by Rob Biertempfel, the sides are close. Jones submitted for $2.5 M, while the Pirates submitted...

The Pirates have not yet reached agreements with their two remaining arbitration eligible players (Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee), but it looks like they will soon. Tuesday night was the deadline for arb-eligible players and teams to exchange 2012 salary figures. Jones asked for $2.5 million while the Pirates submitted $2.25 million. McGehee asked for $2.725 million and the Bucs...

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 avoided arbitration with two more pitchers today, reaching one-year deals with Jeff Karstens and Evan Meek. Karstens will make $3.1 million. This was his second arbitration eligible year; he made $1.1 million last season. Meek will make  $875,000 with an additional $25,000 possible in performance-based incentives. This was his first arbitration eligible year. Both...

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.

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It's the time of year where we get tons of non-news all at once! Evan Meek joined Jeff Karstens in avoiding arbitration today, signing an $875,000 contract. That leaves two guys left without deals: Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee. According to Rob Biertempfel, here are the terms the two sides have exchanged: #Pirates exchange salary figures with Garrett Jones ($2.25M/$2.5M...

Right-hander Jeff Karstens and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a $3.1 million, one-year contract, nearly triple his $1.15 million earnings last year.

Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has his top ten right-handed pitching prospects list out this week and it's got Jameson Taillon at #3 and Gerrit Cole at #6. The placement seems odd (I think most people have them flipped), but man, it's just nice to see two Pirates in the top ten. There's a deeper discussion to be had about whether or not the Pirates' system is too top-heavy...