Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Pirates are interested in the following free agents:
Xavier Nady (Lost season in 2009 due to injury)
Rick Ankiel (11 home runs, 38 rbis, .231 batting average in 2009)
Bobby Crosby (8 home runs, 31 rbis, .223 batting average in 2009)*
Ron Villone (40 year old middle reliever)
This from a team that received $35 million in revenue sharing from the league last year but had a $25 million payroll at the end of the year after unloading all of their decent players.
And the Pirates have fans why?
*He could provide "protection" for Ankiel in the batting order. I get it.
