January 17, 201115 yr Who chooses to sign with Pittsburgh if the Giants Marlins Twins and Rays are all apparently interested in you too? Sounds like BS to me. Or he's just sure he sucks and knows that if he signs with those other teams, he has no shot to make the team and is probably DFA'd the last week of spring anyways. So he figures the Pirates are his only shot of actually making an opening day roster. sucks for him. Well, look at what ... posted as their bullpen. Veras will have a shot to close or at least setup there. Veras would have had an outside shot to be the 7th man in the pen here. Veras won't be setting up or closing in Pittsburgh. The Pirates might suck, but if there's one thing they have right now, it's a good setup/closer combo. He'll be the 7th inning guy there. I also don't understand why this is a bad contract, either (like penguino said). It's 1 million dollars. Look at the ridiculous contracts relievers are getting this offseason. This is not a bad deal for a guy with good stuff, good K/9 #'s, and good inherited runner #'s. The deal looks absolutely fine to me, considering what Veras did last year.
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