According to GrandeSlam.net Rimini is on the verge of signing Oscar Salazar for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. The 35-year-old played for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball. Right now he is slugging in the Venezuelan Winter League. Additionally Rimini confirmed via press release that Alex Romero will come back for the 2014 season. Together with Salazar and Mario Chiarini the Pirates would have a formidable heart of the batting order.