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Pittsburgh Pirates News and Rumors

Cashman confident Yanks are offseason winners

CNNSI.com

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Brian Cashman feels so good about the Yankees' offseason, he decided to rapel down a building.

Tom Singer, MLB.com

Charlie Morton avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract Friday night with the Pirates, who also made contract offers to all five other arbitration-eligible players still on the roster.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Russell Martin is going from a franchise that has won a record 27 World Series titles to a franchise that has endured a record 20 consecutive losing seasons.

Tom Singer, MLB.com

Righty Jeff Karstens was designated for assignment on Friday by the Pirates, who used his vacated roster spot to accommodate newly signed catcher Russell Martin.

Bryan Hoch, MLB.com

Brian Cashman said that he was "sorry" to learn that Russell Martin has decided to depart for the Pirates, but the Yankees' general manager acknowledged that the club never made the catcher a contract offer after the season.