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In preparation for the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 11, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington finalized the team's 40-man roster on Thursday by filling all five open spots.

Third baseman Neil Walker, a first-round draft pick in 2004, was among five players added Thursday to the Pittsburgh Pirates' 40-man roster.

New York last week declined a $6 million option on the 33-year-old reliever, choosing to pay a $250,000 buyout.

Reliever Damaso Marte's $6 million option was declined Thursday by the Yankees, who chose to pay the left-hander a $250,000 buyout.

They'll get 2 draft picks, which I'm usually all for, but in this case, I'm not getting it.

Via George King - Add Damaso Marte to Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano as players the Yankees aren't likely to exercise options on - which will make them free agents.

Today, we continue our survey of MLB farm system with one very different from the Detroit Tigers, a system that appeared to be an emerging minor league powerhouse year ago, but after a bad year holds a future a ...

The prevailing wisdom from all corners throughout the season was that the Yankees' farm system clearly outclassed the Mets' system.

For the 2008 Trenton Thunder, the Eastern League affiliate of the New York Yankees and Best Double-A Team MiLBY Award winner, the celebratory scene was familiar and yet wonderfully different.

The injury bug has already bitten the Pirates' organization early in the fall and winter ball seasons as prospects Jim Negrych and Eric Krebs both were sidelined due to injuries earlier this month and remain ...

Austin Jackson, of, Trenton 11. David Huff, lhp, Akron 12. Jose Tabata, of, Trenton /Altoona 13.

Asked whether the Pirates will be competitive again by 2011, Neal Huntington is torn between the practical part of him that knows there is plenty of work to be done and the part of him that wants to believe in ...

We've had a lot of minor league action of late, with the rosters expanding, guys getting called up and both of the uppermost Yankee affiliates putting forth impressive playoff runs in their respective leagues.

Now that it has been about six weeks since the Pirates traded Xavier Nady , Damaso Marte and Jason Bay , let's take a look back at how each of the players involved have performed with their new teams.

At the beginning of the season, the Yankees had one of the most complex, intriguing, and potentially erratic groups of prospects in the minors.

What should have been the second out and a sacrifice fly turned into a two-run double when Nady broke in and the ball wound up going over his head.

Outfielder Jose Tabata came to the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 26 as part of a six-player trade that sent Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the New York Yankees.

Before long, we'll be putting the Prospect Hot Sheet in hibernation for the winter, but before we do that, there are a lot of new names to add to the Sheet.

INDIANAPOLIS won at Durham, 6-3. LHP Corey Hamman allowed three runs -- two earned --- and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Tonight: Altoona Curve vs. Portland Sea Dogs at Blair County Ballpark, 7:05 p.m. Pitching matchups: Curve RHP Derek Hankins vs.