The Pirates signed Nick Evans to a minor league deal and he’ll get a chance to compete for the first base job come spring training. Evans was a fifth round pick by the Mets way back in 2004 and he’s been with the Met’s organization ever since until they cut him loose. He’s pretty much split time between MLB and the minors the past four seasons and in 2011, he got into a career best 59 games. His numbers aren’t anything to write home about, but then again, he hasn’t gotten much of a chance to play consistently for a big league club.
He did put up solid numbers at Triple A last year so that’s probably why the Pirates are taking a chance on him. He hit .313 with eight home runs in 64 games. It looks the Pirates are still going to try to fill the hole at first, but if they don’t then Evans is going to be given the chance to be the backup plan.
