The roster underwent major surgery in late July when RF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte were traded to the Yankees and LF Jason Bay was dealt to the Red Sox, with the net return being eight young players of varying experience levels. 

A Greensburg woman who was hit in the head by a broken bat during a game at PNC Park in 2007 has sued the Pirates and Major League Baseball for negligence. 

When club president Frank Coonelly and general manager Neal Huntington joined the Pirates late in the 2007 season, they said they would attempt to lock up the organization's better players with multi-year contracts. 

--RHP Virgil Vasquez was claimed off waivers from San Diego, the third time he has been plucked off the wire this offseason. 

The roster underwent major surgery in late July when RF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte were traded to the Yankees and LF Jason Bay was dealt to the Red Sox, with the net return being eight young players of varying experience levels. 

In Paul Maholm's version of a perfect world, the Pirates would sign all their players to multi-year contracts. 

The roster underwent major surgery in late July when RF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte were traded to the Yankees and LF Jason Bay was dealt to the Red Sox, with the net return being eight young players of varying experience levels. 

--RHP Virgil Vasquez was claimed off waivers from San Diego, the third time he has been plucked off the wire this offseason. 

The roster underwent major surgery in late July when RF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte were traded to the Yankees and LF Jason Bay was dealt to the Red Sox, with the net return being eight young players of varying experience levels. 

--RHP Virgil Vasquez was claimed off waivers from San Diego, the third time he has been plucked off the wire this offseason. 

The roster underwent major surgery in late July when RF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte were traded to the Yankees and LF Jason Bay was dealt to the Red Sox, with the net return being eight young players of varying experience levels. 

--RHP Virgil Vasquez was claimed off waivers from San Diego, the third time he has been plucked off the wire this offseason. 

When club president Frank Coonelly and general manager Neal Huntington joined the Pirates late in the 2007 season, they said they would attempt to lock up the organization's better players with multi-year contracts. 

When club president Frank Coonelly and general manager Neal Huntington joined the Pirates late in the 2007 season, they said they would attempt to lock up the organization's better players with multi-year contracts. 

When club president Frank Coonelly and general manager Neal Huntington joined the Pirates late in the 2007 season, they said they would attempt to lock up the organization's better players with multi-year contracts.