So Anderson Hernandez has signed a minor-league deal with the Pirates.
Who does this affect? Not Jed Lowrie or Jose Altuve, your presumed 2012 middle infielders, but it creates a free spot at 2B at OKC. This could be a place for Brian Bixler, but it also could be a place for Brandon Wikoff, or Jose Carlos Thompson - both of whom spent time at Corpus in 2011.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
