Dominic "Dom" Smith has opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a veteran first base fill-in option.

When the Pittsburgh Pirates traded for Spencer Horwitz this offseason, they thought they had finally eliminated the giant question mark hovering over first base.

Konnor Griffin was the big prep name for the Pirates during the last MLB Draft, but that was not all from the young talent they drafted.

After discovering the Jared Jones injury, there has been a whirlwind of ideas thrown around of what is to follow and how the Pirates may handle things internall.

Remember earlier this month, when Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates had "floated" the idea of signing free agent outfielder A.