Adam LaRoche News

By Dec. 12, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington must decide to which of the organization's 10 arbitration-eligible players the Pirates will tender contracts.

The way general manager Neal Huntington sees it, the Pirates' coming winter could be downright tumultuous.

Before getting to your questions, I must first play messenger. I was taking some personal vacation time last Tuesday when an e-mail showed up on my Blackberry from former Pirates reliever Salomon Torres.

GM Neal Huntington has said no Pirates player is untouchable, but it would take a very sweet deal to pry away All-Star Nate McLouth.

Just one week ago, I talked about Nate McLouth's struggles in center field , recommending he move to a corner outfield spot in the future.

I would assume many of you don't need a reminder as to what today's date is. And at 3:36 p.m. ET, I'm sure many of you remembered exactly what happened 48 years ago.

Some musings on Jason Bay. He homered in his very first major league game, while with San Diego.

While Jason Bay continues to enjoy his postseason run with the Red Sox, the former Pirates left fielder quietly received one more bit of recognition in the city where he established himself as an All-Star ...

Jason Bay is gone from the Pittsburgh Pirates, but not forgotten. Bay is the 2008 winner of the Chuck Tanner Award by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Well, there's no sugarcoating this one. Doug Froebel did the best, guessing that Sanchez would hit .278/.308/.340. Scoreboard had the third-best guess after posting the second-best guess on the Adam LaRoche ...

There's no sense signing Adam when you're on the eve of destruction. Actually, if you're the Pirates, you're way past the eve of destruction.

Here are the results of our community projection for Adam LaRoche: Tommy came the closest, guessing LaRoche would hit .270/.343/.495. Several others were very close.

Moss will get a second opinion from orthopedic surgeon Richard Steadman in Vail, Colo.

BBNPirates-Padres,0164 LaRoche, Pearce homer as Pirates finish with win Eds: APNewsNow; Pirates 6, Padres 1. AP Photos By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO The Pittsburgh Pirates ended yet another losing ...

Chris Young threw six effective innings and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run home run as the San Diego Padres edged Pittsburgh, 3-2, in the second of three games with the Pirates.

It was one of those dramatic moments that playoff races are made of. Ryan Braun hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to catapult Milwaukee to a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, ...

The Brewers hitched their wagon to CC Sabathia and the burly left-hander came through with seven gutty innings to lead Milwaukee to a 4-2 victory over Pittsburgh in the middle contest of a three-game set.

Manager John Russell opted to hold Adam LaRoche out of the lineup Tuesday for precautionary measures, though somewhat against the first baseman's request.

With one week left in the season, I felt it would be the right time to pull out one of my favorite baseball quotes.

Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche left Sunday's game after the seventh inning with tightness in his left hamstring.