From Joe Rutter's notebook:
The list of players heading to the Arizona Fall League officially was released this week, confirming that the Pirates will have pitchers Bobby Bradley, Paul Maholm, Jeff Miller, catcher J.R. House, second baseman Freddy Sanchez and center fielder Chris Duffy going to the developmental league. All six will play for the Peoria Saguaros, a team whose bench coach/hitting instructor will be Pirates third base coach John Russell.
What, no Jose Bautista? I thought they were going to get him some at-bats there.
Of those guys, only Maholm, Miller, and Duffy are not on the 40-man roster. Jeff Miller has 14 saves at Altoona with 71 strikeouts (and 25 walks, and 8 home runs) in 58 innings. Miller and Duffy were taken in the 2001 draft so they'll have to be added to the 40-man roster unless, of course, the Pirates are only sending them to the Arizona league to showcase them for the Rule V draft.
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