It hardly could be said that the Pirates' bench was responsible for the club's 57-105 record in 2010, but it surely did not help: Consider that, among their most frequent contributors, Delwyn Young batted .236, Bobby Crosby .224, Andy LaRoche .206, Jeff Clement .201, Aki Iwamura .196, Ryan Church .182 and Jason Jaramillo .149.
Then consider that the Pirates' pitchers allowed the opponents' No. 9 hitter to bat .217.
The composition of the 2011 bench is getting clearer, with general manager Neal Huntington building a possible platoon in right field with Garrett Jones and newcomer Matt Diaz, as well as adding a slew of minor league tryout types—though most have some major league experience—to compete for backup duty.
The latest addition was third baseman...
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