The Pirates have agreed to a one-year, $850K deal with reliever Chris Resop, allowing them to avoid arbitration with the right-hander, reports The Associated Press. Resop, 29, posted a 4.39 ERA, a 10.2 K/9 rate and a 9.4 H/9 rate in 76 appearances with Pittsburgh last season, though advanced stats such as xFIP (3.53) and BABIP (.344) suggest Resop was a bit unlucky.
Resop is the second Pirate to avoid arbitration this winter, after Jason Grilli. The Pirates still have six other arb-eligible players, according to the MLBTR Arbitration Tracker.
I like Resop. But more importantly how about the Bucs get in on this Mariners trade biz. McCutchen for Pineda Smoak and couple spects. ;)
Sterling Marte and Allie for Smoak?
I like Smoak but right now he’s a switch hitting Pedro Alvarez as far as ML success. I wouldnt give up Marte for him. Allie and Pressly maybe.
Let the ananym jokes begin.
really. enough of the pirates for 2012. who really cares. haven’t been 500 since when. enough!
They can give a horrible reliever 800K but won’t spend 4 million on Paul Maholm – can we sue the owner for breaking his contract? When he stole taxpayer money from the city to build his stadium he promised a winner and they haven’t tried for 20 years
It was going to cost more than 4 mil for Maholm and Nutting wasn’t there when the stadium was built.