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Diamondbacks Trade for Zach Duke

Designated for assignment by the Pirates last week, Zach Duke has already found a new home. Pittsburgh traded the left-hander to the Diamondbacks on Wednesday for a player to be named. Duke went 8-15 with a 5.82 ERA for the Pirates in 2010. He is 45-70 over parts of six major league seasons, all for Pittsburgh, with a...

Pirates Jettison Zach Duke, Andy LaRoche

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates won't offer contracts to left-hander Zach Duke and infielders Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young, designating them for assignment in moves that effectively make them free agents. The Pirates chose to create roster space for other players in advance of the Rule 5 draft next...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Pirates

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and over the course of November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the first...

The Pickup Artist: Chasing Headley

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Infielders Chase Headley (3B/OF, SD) - 34% owned I've already pimped Headley on a number of occasions this offseason (and last) but based on his ownership percentage, it doesn't appear you've been listening. Forgive me for going all...

Stockpiling Done, Bucs Seek Momentum

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the Pirates' recent run of futility is that the players, as bad as things were going, never feared much for their jobs. The feeling in the clubhouse this spring, though, is that if you don't perform, someone across the room is good enough to beat you out. Which...

Zach Duke News From the Web

05/19/12 Columbus Clippers rout Syracuse Chiefs to earn series... Source: Oneida Daily Dispatch - Oneida NY The Syracuse Chiefs were bombarded by Columbus hitters on Friday night in a 12-2 loss to the Clippers.
05/08/12 Syracuse Chiefs pitcher Zach Duke stymies Durham's... Source: The Post-Standard - Syracuse NY Syracuse Chiefs manager Tony Beasley took a glance at the lineup card that Durham skipper Charlie Montoyo presented him prior to the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader at Alliance Bank Stadium and did a double-take.
05/01/12 Syracuse Chiefs shut out Buffalo Bisons 8-0 Source: Oneida Daily Dispatch - Oneida NY The Syracuse Chiefs shut out the Buffalo Bisons 8-0 on Tuesday night.
04/19/12 Middlebrooks hits fifth homer in win Source: Minor League Baseball Red Sox top prospect Will Middlebrooks homered for the second straight day, upstaging Bryce Harper as the Pawtucket Red Sox held on to edge the Syracuse Chiefs, 11-7, on Thursday afternoon.

Background on Zach Duke

Zachary Thomas Duke (born April 19, 1983 in Clifton, Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is in the Washington Nationals organization.

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