Since the Charlie Morton trade almost a week ago, we’ve all been wondering who the Pirates would sign/acquire to fill the hole that Morton’s exit created in the rotation. Today, we get our answer: they’ve re-signed Ryan Vogelsong. Yes, seriously.
Vogelsong, of course, has had quite the itinerant career; he was drafted by the Giants in 1998, then traded to the Pirates as part of the Jason Schmidt trade in 2001. He flashed good stuff with the Bucs, but was unable to harness it in any sort of effective fashion and so he headed to Japan after hitting free agency when the 2006 season ended.