Pittsburgh Pirates News: Arbitration and Waiver Claim

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have come to terms with their two arbitration eligible players and have also added a player off waivers. The deadline to file for arbitration was at 1:00 this afternoon, but news slowly trickled out regarding the two remaining eligible players for the Pirates; Corey Dickerson and Keone Kela. Dickerson is in his final year of arbitration and Kela is in his penultimate year. After a season in which Dickerson hit .300/.330/.474 and put up his second consecutive .341 wOBA and 115 wRC+, the 2018 Gold Glove outfielder was projected to earn $8.4 million by MLB Trade Rumors. According to Robert Murray of The Athletic, Dickerson and the Pirates agreed to an amount of $8.5 million. For more Bucco Booth content be sure to head over to our website at http://baseballpodcastnet.com Be sure to give our hosts a follow on Instagram Benson - @bucsdugout Jerrod - @pirates.strong And go follow the offical social media accounts of the Baseball Podcast Network Instagram - @baseballpodcastnet Twitter - @baseballpodcas1 YouTube - Baseball Podcast Network SoundCloud - Baseball Podcast Network