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Despite Jeff Clement's desire to eventually work his way back behind home plate, the Pirates have every intention of giving Clement the chance to seize the team's immediate vacancy at first base.

Would another lefty hitter like Hank Blalock, right, be the best fit for the Pirates? Browse more photos>> Straight to the point today: one thing I find a bit strange about the idea of the Pirates pursuing Rick Ankiel and/or Hank Blalock is that both those guys are left-handed, whereas most of the Bucs' other options at first base and right field ...

The pool of possibilities is about to become a free-for-all. Thursday marks the final day that teams have exclusive negotiating privileges with its own free-agent players.

BaseballProjection.com released their 2010 CHONE projections for hitters over the weekend.

Once upon a time, in the early days of WHYGAVS, there was a pretty heated debate between myself and some of the commenters about Jason Bay's value on defense.

Latest sign that things are slowly changing on Federal Street: when the Red Sox traded for Jeremy Hermida yesterday and only gave up two minor league arms, I didn't go apopletic about the Pirates not being involved.

Since we're at the point in the year where there's nothing to care about except little things, here's some news: a bunch of guys just became minor league free agents .

Thursday's rained-out game doesn't count in the standings or the stats, but it was an encouraging one for Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija.

CINCINNATI ? The Pirates closed out their 2009 season Sunday by racking up a lot of hits, no runs and another defeat.

The Pirates have spoken with Andy LaRoche about moving from third base to second next year to make room for top prospect Pedro Alvarez, though such a move is far from definite.

The Pirates entered Wednesday with just two wins in their past 20 road games, yet managed to then match that total in a span of nine hours.

The Pirates had two opportunities on Wednesday to snap their seven-game losing streak to the Cubs.

I'll take a win, no matter how unorthodox. Jeff Karstens, coming off the DL and having not thrown more than 60 pitches in a game since his last start in June, started and was on a quick hook.

It was another sign that this version of Reds pitcher Homer Bailey was better and stronger than any previous one that was seen in the big leagues.

That was the Pirates' emphatic answer to the Dodgers' quest to seal a second straight National League West title with a win on Sunday.

25, 2009. Browse more photos>> That the Pirates would win at all today seemed very unlikely even before considering the circumstances.

Brandon Moss' two-run single gave Pittsburgh an early lead and the Pirates, stuck in their worst slump since 1984, used five pitchers to beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Friday night, stalling the Dodgers' drive to the playoffs.

Charlie Morton goes against Bronson Arroyo at 12:35 today as the Bucs look for their fourth win in the last 26 games.

Both literally and figuratively, the Pirates are limping to the finish line that is the season's end.

His fastball can dance in ways that will frustrate any hitter, and that helps make his offspeed pitches deadly.