The Atlanta Braves offense got a boost today when the team traded for Pitsburgh Pirates All-Star outfielder, Nate McLouth.

In exchange, the Pirates receive outfield prospect Gorkys Hernandez, who had been ranked towards the top of Atlanta’s farm system, as well as pitchers Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke.

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Here’s a quick rundown of some of the free agent signings that you might have missed in the midst of all the Sabathia, Yankees, Mets madness lately.

The Cincinnati Reds signed reliever Arthur Rhodes to a 2 year deal worth $4 million. The veteran lefty put up impressive numbers last year, pitching in 61 games with the Mariners and Marlins and going 4-1 with a 2.06 ERA.

The Minnesota Twins re-signed infielder Nick Punto to a 2 year deal worth $8.5 million. The infielder batted .284 with 2 long balls and 28 RBI in 99 games for the Twins last year and will likely be the team’s starting shortstop going forward.

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Teams have until midnight eastern time tonight to extend offers of arbitration to their free agents and I’ll be updating this page as often as news becomes available about teams’ arbitration actions.

Update

The offers are all in, and according to the AP only 24 players were offered arbitration. The list is as follows:

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Update 5: Well, if Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman is to be believed, the title of this post may be accurate once again! Apparently the deal has Manny Ramirez (I hold him personally responsible for this whole mess) going to the Dodgers, Jason Bay heading to the Boston Red sox, and the Pirates getting 4 prospects [...]

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Well, if we were to believe all the different sources that have said a trade for Jason Bay is a done deal, he’d have been traded about 23 times by now.
However, this being a rumor site, it would be remiss of us to not tell you that MLB.com is reporting that the Los Angeles Dodgers [...]

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Update 2: Ken Rosenthall has said this one is dead barring a miracle. So that’s the end of that right? Bay is staying a Pirate right? Maybe not. I’ll have a post up shortly.

Update: MLB.com is NOW reporting that the deal isn’t finalized just yet. I realize all the MLB reporters want to be the [...]

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It seems only appropriate that a trade involving Manny Ramirez would be pretty complicated. Sources around the league are murmoring about a possible 3 team blockbuster that would send Manny Ramirez to the Florida Marlins, Jeremy Hermida to the Pitsburgh Pirates, and Jason Bay to Boston filling the void left by Manny.
Three team deals are [...]

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As the title states, the Pirates and Rays are in “deep” talks for Bay. And the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains. Rhyming aside, it does appear that a deal is possible between the perennial cellar dweller (ok, seriously, rhyming aside) and the Rays.
The Pirates are said to be looking for a significant [...]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have pulled outfielder Xavier Nady from the game and apparently traded the outfielder and reliever Damaso Marte to the New York Yankees for a package of 4 minor league players.
Nady, who’s batting .330 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI is in the last year of his contract but should immediately [...]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have released veteran starting pitcher Matt Morris despite owing the hurler more than $9 million. Morris, who was acquired by the Pirates last year at the trade deadline, was off to a horrible start this year going 0-4 with an ERA over 9. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he failed to [...]

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