The Pirates keep coming up second.
Their bid for free-agent starter Chad Durbin, formerly of the Detroit Tigers, was turned down today in favor of one made by the Philadelphia Phillies, according to an industry source. Terms of the contract agreement were not immediately known, but the Pirates and Phillies were the two finalists.
This came a week after the Pirates were the bridesmaid for free-agent reliever Luis Vizcaino, who agreed to terms with the Colorado Rockies for two years and $7.5 million.
Durbin, 30, was 8-7 with a 4.32 ERA last season, one in which he won a spot in the Tigers' rotation in the spring because of an injury to Kenny Rogers, then moved in and out while winding up with 19 starts.
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