Ken Rosenthal has the news:
Source: Grilli back to #Pirates. Two-year deal. Pending physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 10, 2012
I was told by a very knowledgeable source that this was going to go down last Thursday. Aaron posted about it and about a billion people — including Jason Grilli — said I was making stuff up. Whatever. It wasn’t a done deal then and it is now, so kudos to Rosenthal for getting it, but this should not be a surprise. I should totally take Rick Reilly credit for this.
As for the signing: in two years with the Pirates he threw 91 innings with a 2.76 ERA and 127 strikeouts, making for a remarkable career rejuvenation. Assuming the money isn’t insane — and multiple reporters are saying that he passed up better money from other teams to stay with Pittsburgh – it’s a good signing for the Pirates.
UPDATE: The deal is a quite reasonable $6.75 million over the two years.
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- Stiller43 - Dec 10, 2012 at 4:16 PM
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Yay!
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- jwbiii - Dec 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM
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according to @ScottMCBS, grilli gets $7M for the 2 yrs. #bucs #bucks—
Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) December 10, 2012
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- craigisaloser - Dec 10, 2012 at 5:10 PM
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Hey Craig….suck on a fart…
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- mj1818 - Dec 11, 2012 at 7:32 AM
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Championship!
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- magicrat13 - Dec 11, 2012 at 7:43 AM
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nice signing by the bucs…..good reliever at a good price….guessing they will ramp up efforts to trade hanrahan…would like to see a 4/5 starter and definitely someone young who we can control for a number of years…
