Signings

It turns out the Pirates lost Sunday. I was sick so I saw none of it. We didn't score and despite the seven runs, I heard Correia pitched pretty well.

The Pirates are getting a new catcher according to reports. AAA catcher from the Red Sox who appears to have played AAA last year for the Rockies. He is probably a little better than what we have now and can push Dusty Brown back to a back up. The Pirates need to try something because they are really offensively weak right now. Harrison was out today because of tightness, so that leaves only three decent hitters in the line up: Tabata, McCutchen, and Walker. Walker has been slumping a bit lately, so that narrows the list even more. Overbay has a hint of power, but only hits .230. Cedano, Wood, Brown, and Diaz are a joke. And even if Jones is playing for Diaz he only becomes a sort of power threat like Overbay. Paul is actually the best hitter of the three right now. Let us hope that this catcher can do some hitting.

That report also mentions the first signing of the draft. Dan Gamache is on board and will start the season with the Spikes. Now they have a third baseman. The Pirates had a very high opinion of this guy, so I am interested in what he will do.