Byung-Hyun Kim has finally received the major league contract that he was hoping to sign as the Pittsburgh Pirates have inked him to a one year deal.  It is unclear how much Kim will be paid by the Pirates at this time.

Kim was only being offered minor league contracts until the Pirates called.  It didn’t have to take him longer then five seconds to tell the Pirates that he would accept their offer.  Anything to stay out of the minor leagues lol!

Kim will be pitching out of the Pirates bullpen, where they can get all the help they can get.  But Kim really isn’t the answer here if you ask me.

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Freddy Sanchez and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed on a new two year contract with club option for a third year.  The deal is expected to pay Sanchez as much as $19 million if he plays all three years with the Pirates.

Sounds like a lot of money for a infielder with no pop to me.  Unless he can move up that .300 batting average to the .320 .or .330 range and keep his RBI’s up over 80 each year I don’t think this is a good move for the Pirates.  Just a little to much money to invest in the second basemen in my opinion.

What do you think Pirates fans?

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