Minor Matters, Free Agency

Well the talk of the baseball world these days is free agency. Being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, that is something we normally don't talk about. One thing we do often talk about is the minor leagues, so if we put the two together we get Minor League Free Agency, which Pirates' beat writer Jennifer Langosch made a blog post about today. She listed the 28 Pirates minor leaguers that are free agents this year, compliments of Baseball America. So here they are:

1B: Tagg Bozied, Larry Broadway, Brian Myrow

2B: Josh Bonifay, Ray Chang

3B: Angel Gonzalez

SS: Chris Barnwell, Pedro Lopez

OF: Victor Igsema, Jonel Pacheco, Jamie Romak

RHP: Jason Davis, Eric Hacker, Lincoln Holdzkom, Jorge Julio, Juan Mateo, Scott Nestor, Jeremy Powell, Dionis Rodriguez, Ty Taubenheim, Virgil Vasquez

LHP: Corey Hamman, Bobby Livingston

Now there aren't too many notable names on there. The only names a casual Pirate fan would know on that list would probably be Eric Hacker, Ty Taubenheim, and Virgil Vasquez, because those are the only guys to ever play in Pittsburgh. One name that stood out to me was Ray Chang, who I saw play in Altoona last year. That man can play some defense. He made 2 of the better plays from a shortstop I've seen anywhere in that game.

Anyways, I don't think losing any of these guys are going to have any kind of big impact on the Pirates, signing some minor league free agents from other teams might. Remember Garrett Jones? Keep on the lookout for some signings from Neil Huntington, I would be surprised if they didn't go out and sign some guys in the next few months.