Andrew McCutchen honored; Tyler Yates a free agent
Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com
Actually took the day off today as I'm returning from a quick vacation in which I watched Texas stomp all over my Missouri Tigers (no shocker there) and getting ready to head to NYC on Tuesday morning to help cover the World Series. Anyways, with some various news items coming out throughout the day, I wanted to take a few seconds on here to make sure everyone got their daily Pirates news while I've been out of pocket.
- Baseball America has named Andrew McCutchen its Major League Rookie of the Year. If you pick up a copy of the publication right now, you'll find the Pirates center fielder gracing the cover. Also, Garrett Jones was named to Baseball America's All-Rookie Team. You can find the full story here.
- The Pirates outrighted RHP Tyler Yates off the 40-man roster. This comes as no surprise as Yates, who was on the 60-day DL, was not going to be able to return until next July at the earliest. He underwent Tommy John surgery this summer. Yates is arbitration eligible, and the Pirates were not going to tender him a contract knowing that he would be able to help the team only minimally at best. Yates has declared free agency, though there is still the possibility that the Pirates re-sign him at a much lower cost if he is able to come back midseason and be effective.
Also, today we're continuing our series on the Pirates' Minor League system. Each week you'll see a new story highlighting one of the club's affiliates. Here are the two that have come out so far...
You can look for Single-A Lynchburg to be highlighted on Friday.
Think that's it for now. I'll check in from the World Series. And I'll still keep you covered on Pirates news while the Phillies and Yanks battle it out.
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