Jose Tabata (OF)

Pirates managed Clint Hurdle told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Friday that outfielder Jose Tabata was not in the lineup for that night’s game against the Tigers after he failed to hustle out a groundball in the ninth inning of Thursday’s 5-3 win over the Nationals. “We’ve seen it happen a couple of times,” Hurdle said. “They understand here that when that happens,...

Pittsburgh Pirates OF Jose Tabata is being benched Friday, May 18, for failing to run ...

Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata is batting just .255 through 12 May games, but he's making the most of his hits when he makes contact. Tabata has a .511 slugging percentage and .824 OPS in May. He also has two doubles, two triples, two homers, three RBI and 10 runs in that span.

Since hitting his first home run of the season on May 1, Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata has gone six games without an RBI. Over that span he's gone 5 for 23 (.217) with three runs scored. He went 0 for 4 with a strikeout on Tuesday in his team's 5-4 win over the Nationals.

Pittsburgh Pirates OF Jose Tabata went 3-for-5 with two runs scored to raise his average ...

Pittsburgh outfielder Jose Tabata hit his first home run of 2012 on Tuesday in St. Louis. He went 1 for 4 on the night with two RBI and two runs scored. He also drew a walk and struck out twice in the outing. The Pirates would lose the game, 10-7, despite Tabata's efforts.

Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata went 1 for 5 on Saturday night against the Braves. It wasn't an extra-base hit, but Tabata did manage to drive in his first run of the season. Pittsburgh would go on to win the game, 4-2.

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While most owners probably aren’t looking to revamp their rosters just yet, injuries and spring swoons may have some looking for an early season ringer. So, with the pageantry of Opening Day as a backdrop, here’s the season’s first Waiver Wire. Jose Tabata fits in a category of player I’ve mentioned before, namely the guys who feel like they’ve been around forever, even though they aren’t...

D.J. Short takes a look at this week's top waiver wire pickups for Mixed, AL and NL only leagues. Aceves is probably the must-add of the week at this point. Many expected Bobby Valentine would go with Mark Melancon as the replacement for Andrew Bailey, who is out three to four months following thumb surgery, but he announced Wednesday that Aceves will open the season as the closer. I'm not sure this...

To celebrate, here’s a list of outfielders who went low in drafts, have considerable value, and should come at a very low price for what they are worth. To qualify for the rankings, a player must have been drafted, on average, at the 200th pick or later in either ESPN standard leagues or at MockDraftCentral.com. At that point, most of these guys are probably fourth or fifth outfielders, if not utility...