Just what you wanted to see

To complete the re-JimTracy-fication of the team, Mike Edwards has been signed to another minor league deal. Edwards is a decent back-up, back-up utility guy to have around, so as long as he starts in Indy and not on the 40-man, I won't bitch too much.

Awhile back the team announced that lieu of mini-camp this year the Pirates are just rotation a bunch of guys through Pittsburgh in the off-season. In the Trib article linked above, they mention that Hererra, Gorzelanny, Jesse Chavez, Rajai Davis, Brian Rogers, Paulino, and Youman are in town with Duke, Maholm, Sharpless, and Torres, none of whom strayed far from Pittsburgh over the winter. The PG article linked below in the Hererra post talks about Gorzelanny and how his arm troubles from last year are no longer and issue. And oh, it mentions that Victor Santos is officially gone now that he's signed with the Reds.

And finally, the Trib article linked above (could I make this any more confusing?) says that the Pirates are one of the couple of teams to make a 2-year offer to Tomo Ohka, though his agent wants three years. Of course, this is a "Trib rumor," so take that for what it's worth.