During the tenure of Ray Searage as the team’s pitching coach the Pittsburgh Pirates have been known for acquiring reclamation projects for their pitching staff. Joel Hanrahan, A.J. Burnett, Jason Grilli, Mark Melancon, Francisco Liriano, Edinson Volquez, J.A. Happ, and Richard Rodriguez are all among the pitchers the Pirates have brought in during Searage’s tenure that Uncle Ray has helped to get their careers back on track.
So far this offseason the Pirates have been busy. However, they have not added to their Major League pitching staff yet.