Every time there is a big off-season transaction date, I always check to see when the transaction could be expected. I go back through old e-mails, seeing when the Pirates issued a press release in previous years, in order to anticipate when the news will come out this year. Today is the non-tender deadline, which means the Pirates need to make a decision on whether to tender contracts to all of their unsigned players. The biggest decision would be with Pedro Alvarez, as I discussed last night.
Unfortunately, in looking back at previous announcements, the news didn't come out each year until around midnight.