JOSE MORALES RUMORS & GOSSIP
This Date in Pirates History: February 20
There have been six former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date but before I get into them there is a new player signed as a free agent in December 2011 who celebrates his birthday today. Catcher Jose Morales turns 29 today. He spent all of last season with the Colorado Rockies, hitting .267 in 22 games before injuring his hand in mid-June and missing the rest of the season. The...
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February 20, 2012
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February 20, 2012
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Hernandez, Kensing, Morales — Contract Data
As per Jenifer Langosch, Anderson Hernandez will make $500K, Jose Morales will make $650K, and Logan Kensing will make $675K if they make the major league roster. With the recently passed Collective Bargaining Agreement, the major league minimum salary will be $480K in 2012 so none of these deals are significantly above minimum.
Morales also has a clause that he can ask for his...
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Power Rankings: The Pirates' Cookie-Cutter Catchers
With the addition of Jose Morales, the Pirates currently have a hilarious six catchers that are somewhere between the Majors and Triple-A, not counting actual prospect Tony Sanchez. They are, in alphabetical order, Rod Barajas, Jake Fox, Eric Fryer, Jason Jaramillo, Mike McKenry, Morales, and Wyatt Toregas. I have never seen such an acumulation of mediocre-to-sub-par catching talent...
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December 07, 2011
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December 07, 2011
Pirates sign minor league C Jose Morales
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed minor league free agent catcher Jose Morales.
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December 07, 2011
Pirates sign minor league C Morales (AP)
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed minor league free agent catcher Jose Morales. Pittsburgh announced the move Wednesday at the baseball winter meetings. The switch-hitter hit .267 for Colorado last season. He broke his right thumb on June 15 and was done for the season. The 28-year-old Morales spent his first 10 pro seasons in the Minnesota system.
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December 07, 2011
Morales agrees to Minor League deal with Bucs
The Pirates and Jose Morales reached an agreement on a Minor League deal that includes an invitation to Spring Training for the 28-year-old catcher.
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December 07, 2011
Bucs sign catcher Jose Morales
The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the signing of minor league free agent catcher Jose Morales, which includes an
invitation to spring training.
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December 07, 2011
Pirates Sign Jose Morales to Minor League Deal
Last night we heard that the Pittsburgh Pirates were closing in on a deal with catcher/first baseman Jose Morales. The Pirates finalized the deal today on a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training, per a team press release. The Pirates now have invited six non-roster invitees to Spring Training.
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December 07, 2011
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December 07, 2011
Wednesday morning winter meetings update: Erik Bedard, Jose Morales
While all of the baseball world had their eyes glued on Albert Pujols last night, the Pirates kept doing their own thing virtually undected by the rest of the baseball world. The best news, I thought, to come out of last night was Nick Cafardo's tweet that the Pirates are interested in Erik Bedard. Bedard is exactly the sort of high-risk/high-reward starter I want to see the...
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December 07, 2011
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December 07, 2011
Pirates Close to Deal With Jose Morales
The Pittsburgh Pirates are close to a deal with catcher/first baseman Jose Morales, according to Ken Rosenthal. The deal would likely be of the minor league variety. Morales has 218 career at-bats in the majors, mostly with the Minnesota Twins. In that time he has a .289/.365/.344 line. In his career at AAA he has a .304/.367/.405 line in 1049 at-bats. Morales has thrown out 34...
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December 07, 2011
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December 07, 2011
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