The Pirates could be spending some more money on another starting pitcher here in the next few days or weeks, so I wanted to take a look at the remaining free agent pitchers that they could be looking at. Obviously not all of these names even make sense for the Pirates, but it's interesting to see the whole list. Jeff Francis is a popular name, mainly because the Pirates have had interest in him in the past. Also, Edwin Jackson's name has been brought up by a few bloggers, not because of any rumors, but just because he is an intriguing name that is still available. Here's the full list, the number in parentheses is their Bill James 2012 predicted FIP, which is an ERA-like number that discounts everything the pitcher does not control. Wei-Yin Chen (n/a)Bartolo Colon (4.36)Aaron Cook (4.42)Kyle Davies (4.18)Doug Davis (n/a)Zach Duke (4.37)Jeff Francis (4.02)Armando Galarraga (n/a)Jon Garland (4.73)Rich Harden (4.38)Clay Hensley (4.15)Livan Hernandez (4.33)Hisas...
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