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Lopez, 32, spent the past four seasons with the Boston Red Sox organization. In that span, he pitched in 172 games for the Red Sox with a 3.30 ERA.

The Pirates on Friday filled three coaching vacancies in their minor league system.

The new Class A franchise in Bradenton, Fla., will be named the Marauders.

The Pirates today hired three scouts and reassigned two others. Rolando Pino was hired as area supervisor for south/central Florida and Puerto Rico. Larry Broadway was hired as area supervisor for Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Las Vegas. Anthony Wycklendt was hired as area supervisor for Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. Hal Morris, who was [...]

Matt Capps said he went to sleep late last night and expected to wake up to find that he’d gotten a contract offer from the Pirates. It did not work out that way. General manager Neal Huntington took it right up to the midnight deadline, then opted to non-tender Capps, the Pirates’ closer the past [...]

The Pirates on Saturday did not tender a contract offer to closer Matt Capps, allowing him to become a free agent. Left-hander Phil Dumatrait also was not tendered by the midnight deadline. “We attempted to reach agreement with both Matt and Phil prior to the deadline,” general manager Neal Huntington said. “Each player preferred to [...]

INDIANAPOLIS — The Pirates today selected outfielder John Raynor off the Florida Marlins’ Triple-A roster in the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft. This past season, Raynor hit .257 with 24 doubles, two triples, six homers and 36 RBI. He also stole 19 bases. It was his first year at Triple-A. “He brings [...]

Zach Duke, Paul Maholm and Ross Ohlendorf are locks for the starting rotation. It would require some sort of near-catastrophic event for Charlie Morton to be out of the No. 4 spot.

The Pirates are ready to sign shortstop Bobby Crosby to a one-year contract.

INDIANAPOLIS — As they hunt for better options at shortstop, the Pirates are making a push during the winter meetings for free agent Bobby Crosby. The Pirates are among at least a half-dozen teams to check about Crosby, the 2004 American League Rookie of the Year. Their interest apparently intensified within the past 24 hours, [...]