Derrek Lee News

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The big news in Pirate land the last few days is the possible trade for Yankees starter A.J. Burnett.

Everyone knows the nursery rhyme about the boy who joked about seeing a wolf so many times that, when he finally does tell the truth, none of the townspeople believe him, and his flock of sheep is promptly devoured.

Early this morning, Tim Dierkes at MLB Trade Rumors wrote about the Yankees desire to trade AJ Burnett and made up a list of teams he thought might be good fits for the veteran righty.

Edwin Jackson signing with the Nationals netted the Cardinals a supplemental first-round pick as compensation, currently the No.

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The Cleveland Indians signed Casey Kotchman yesterday to a one-year, $3 million contract.

And then there were three. The signings of Francisco Cordero, Prince Fielder and Dan Wheeler last week left Raul Ibanez, Edwin Jackson and Derrek Lee as the only potential compensation free agents who still could affect the 2012 draft order.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Dejan Kovacevic - who has been at the forefront of the Sidney Crosby situation lately - has written a column asking some serious questions of the Penguins medical team.

Sep 15, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Derrek Lee before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

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Despite spring training being right around the corner, teams are still looking for that quick fix for a reasonable price to shore up any holes they might still have left.

Carlos Pena is headed back to the Rays on a one-year/$7.25 million deal, Jon Heyman is reporting today .

If you, like me, live outside of an MLB market and were hoping that Major League Baseball would revise its blackout policy to make it possible for you to actually be able to watch games involving all 30 teams, you'll be disappointed this morning to see that Maury Brown is reporting that the policy will remain in effect for 2012 .

The Pirates have been awfully quiet of late. They haven't really made much news since the Erik Bedard signing at the end of the winter meetings.

El Duce found this in the comment thread to the fanshot about Jeff Passan's latest piece about the Pirates , but it's worth highlighting here.