The Pirates have acquired third baseman Casey McGehee from the Brewers for reliever Jose Veras. McGehee batted .223 with 13 homers in 2011. He had his best year in 2010 when he batted .285 with 23 Homers and 104 RBI. Expect McGehee to challenge Alvarez at third. He will also get some time at first base. The Brewers had to move him because the team had just signed former Pirate Aramis Ramirez. I'm glad to see Veras go, his late inning struggles in 2010 made this move a popular one with Pirate fans who cringed the second he stepped out of the bullpen.
The team also signed reliever Jason Grilli on a one year 1.1 million dollar deal. Grilli had a 2.48 ERA in 28 games.
Others that were tendered contracts include; Joel Hanrahan, Evan Meek, Chris Resop, Jeff Karstens, Charlie Morton, Garrett Jones and the newly acquired McGehee.
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