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Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com Andrew McCutchen has been named to the Topps Rookie All-Star Team, which was announced on Wednesday......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com The Baseball America publication has released its latest top 10 prospect list. No surprise that third baseman Pedro Alvarez is atop the list, and it's worth noting that seven of the top 10 prospects have come into the organization in the last two years......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com You'll find a story wrapping up the Arizona Fall League here, but in addition to that, I wanted to pass along numbers from other winter ball leagues......

By Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com While all the focus at this time of year is on the list of 171 Major League players that have filed for free agency, don't forget that there is an even bigger crop of Minor League free agents out there looking for work, too.......

By Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com First off, my apologies for the tardiness in this. Jury duty got in the way. Anyways, you can find a full recap of all the roster moves that the Pirates made on Friday right here. The full story includes comments and explanations from GM Neal Huntington, too......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com At 11:59 pm ET on Friday, all teams must have 40-man rosters set in preparation for the Rule 5 Draft, which will be held in Indianapolis on Dec. 10. That means the Pirates have some decisions and moves left to make in the next two days......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com ... yes, the one about the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury. Well, meet your newest Allegheny County juror......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com Jason Bay remains the Pirates' last player to win Rookie-of-the-Year honors as center fielder Andrew McCutchen fell up short in his bid to win the award for his 2009 season. McCutchen finished fourth in the voting, with Florida's Chris Coghlan winning the honors......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com A few injuries to bring you up to speed on... Jose Ascanio (underwent arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder on Oct. 2) Pirates GM Neal Huntington confirmed that there have been no setbacks for Ascanio since that surgery......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com I know this list has surfaced in other stories on the site, but so you have it in a concise form, here are the Pirates players eligible for arbitration, along with their service time: Zach Duke (4.094) Ronny Cedeno (4.029)......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com For any of you Pirates fans (and I know there are a lot of you who fit in this category) who were holding out hope that shortstop Jack Wilson would make a return to Pittsburgh, I'm sorry to squash those hopes......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com This isn't earth-shattering news to bring you or anything, but in case anyone has been sitting on the edge of their seats for such information, the Pirates have released times for their 2010 regular season games......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com Obviously, folks, you will be able to find all of your Pirates-related news this offseason on this blog. But for those of you with an interest in following the Hot Stove landscape across Major League Baseball, I wanted to direct you to MLB.com's Hot Stove blog......

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com For the last few weeks, I've been working with people from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to get a blog set up for right-hander Ross Ohlendorf, who was interested in sharing information about what he is doing during an eight-week internship with the department......