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After days of speculation, Nyjer Morgan is headed to the Nationals in exchange for Lastings Milledge. The Pirates also added Sean Burnett to the deal, and will receive reliever Joel Hanrahan. This is an excellent trade for Neal Huntington and the Pirates.
Nyjer has been solid this year, with most of his value coming [...]

The Pirates have traded Eric Hinske to the Yankees for catcher/outfielder Eric Fryer and pitcher Casey Erickson. Both are 23, with Fryer in High-A and Erickson in Low-A. Garrett Jones will replace Hinske on the roster.
There are also rumors that the Nyjer Morgan for Lastings Milledge deal is nearly done. Keep an eye on Twitter [...]

This offense is likely to drive one to drink. Maybe not this one, but someone out there. Rich Harden gave up nine hits and one walk in seven innings, but the Pirates collected just one run off him. Harden started off strong, limiting the Pirates to just two base runners over the first four innings. However, [...]

Zach Greinke was once again tough, allowing just two runs – split apart by an hour long rain delay – in 6-1/3 innings of work. The Bucs were trailing 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 7th. Adam LaRoche singled and after Andy LaRoche tripled him in, play was stopped. Jamey Wright took the thill [...]

Paul Maholm allowed just four singles, a triple and two runs in seven innings to beat KC. He put the Pirates in a hole early as Billy Butler had RBI singles in the first and third innings. But Delwyn Young popped a three run homer in the fourth and added an insurance RBI in the [...]

Exit Ian Snell, enter Virgil Vasquez. The Pirates waiver wire acquisition who hadn’t tossed in the Show since 2007 picked up his first career win with six solid innings. He allowed four hits and two runs, while whiffing seven. He took the roster spot of the struggling Ian Snell who was sent to Indianapolis to [...]

Dejan Kovacevic’s article on Ian Snell this morning got me thinking a bit. As Snell’s forgettable season has unfolded, culminating in yesterday’s demotion, most fans have grown increasingly frustrated with him. Here is an attempt to paraphrase the most common complaints: “Snell is cocky and selfish, blaming everyone and everything but himself for his struggles, [...]

As soon as Matt Capps polished off an effortless ninth inning by retiring Jamey Carroll on a ground ball to short, I began looking ahead to Andrew McCutchen’s at-bat in the bottom of the inning. It seemed fitting that McCutchen would get the opportunity to win the game, a well-played game that saw several high [...]

Anyone here not impressed by Andrew McCutchen. The Bucs rookie CF was involved in all three Pirate runs – scoring once and driving in two – as the Pirates erased a two run deficit against Cliff Lee.
Lee and Ross Ohlendorf each allowed two runs in seven innings of work. Neither got the decision. That would [...]