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OAKLAND http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , Calif. (AP) — nior adviser to baseball operations after previously working 17 seasons with the club in various capacities.Alderson led the A’s when they won three straight AL pennants from 1988-90 and a sweep of the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series against the San Francisco Giants. He was general manager between stints as team president from 1993-95 and 1997-98.The 71-year-old announced Saturday at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards dinner in New York that he has been cancer-free for four months. He took a leave of absence from duties as Mets GM in late June after his cancer returned and said he did not deserve to return because of the team’s poor record.Alderson was Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations from 1998-2005 then worked as Padres CEO from 2005-09 and special consultant to the commissioner for Latin America in 2010. He joined the Mets in 2011. The Bucs had a quiet winter."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Chicago Cubs recapsChicago Cubs minor leaguesChicago Cubs essaysChicago Cubs game threadsWrigley Field renovationsFull archiveLibrary Bleed Cubbie Blue Community GuidelinesCurrent time in ChicagoBCB Specials & Site InfoWinter 2019 music threadsCubs StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Cubs newsYahoo Cubs team pageYahoo Cubs reportYahoo Cubs depth chartYahoo Cubs transactionsYahoo Cubs photosOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub now your enemyKnow your enemy: Pittsburgh PiratesNew,28commentsThe Bucs had a quiet winter.CSTShareTweetShareShareKnow your enemy: Pittsburgh PiratesJonathan Dyer-USA TODAY SportsWhich would you say is the biggest Pirates move from this offseason?Trading Ivan Nova to the White SoxSigning Lonnie Chisenhall as a free agentRe-signing Jung Ho Kang as a free agentSigning Francisco Liriano as a free agentFrancisco Liriano! Yeah, you remember his 16-8, 3.02 ERA Nick Markakis Jersey , 3.2 bWAR year for the Pirates, right? In 2013, that was.So they’re putting the band back together, what with that and the re-signing of Kang Babe Ruth Jersey , who was cleared to play again in the USA after his drunk driving conviction in Korea. Kang actually played in three games for the Pirates late last year. But he will be 32 just after Opening Day, and who knows whether he can replicate the success he had in Pittsburgh in 2015 and 2016.Otherwise there has been very little change to the Pirates team that contended briefly last summer and finished 82-79, their first winning season since 2015, when they won 98 games and lost the wild-card game to the Cubs. You’ll never get tired of watching this http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-nick-markakis-jersey , I’m sure. [VIDEO]Your browser does not support HTML5 video.That was then and this is now and the Pirates look like a .500 ballclub again to me; they haven’t made any big rock-the-boat changes. They did lose Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer to free agency, and traded Austin Meadows to the Rays last July for Chris Archer. Archer was supposed to help lead the Bucs to a spot in the wild-card game, but he was decidedly mediocre for Pittsburgh after the deal. It makes one wonder if Archer’s peak has passed. Jameson Taillon is the “ace” now, and he has yet to prove he can do that on a consistent basis.The N.L. Central will be a tough division this year. The Pirates could finish last.The Cubs will host the Pirates for the first Wrigley Field series of 2019 Freddie Freeman Jersey , April 8-10-11, and also July 12-13-14 and September 13-14-15. They’ll travel to Pittsburgh July 1-2-3-4, August 16-17-18 and September 24-25-26.