The Pittsburgh Pirates today agreed to terms with two non-drafted free agents. Eighteen-year-old catcher Dylan Child from Australia agreed to terms with the Pirates on a 2009 contract as a non-drafted free agent. The 6-foot-1, 181-pound catcher recently converted from shortstop to catcher. Child will begin his career at the Major League Baseball Academy in Australia this year. Sixteen-year-old right-handed pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas from Lithuania agreed to terms on a 2010 contract as a non-drafted free agent. The 6-foot-3, 170-pound righthander will begin his professional career this fall in the Florida Instructional League program and in the 2010 Pirates minor league spring training camp.

The Phillies have had internal discussions about signing free-agent pitcher Paul Byrd. Byrd had a 4.30 ERA in 30 starts for the Red Sox and Indians in 2008. "The question is whether Paul Byrd is going to be any better than any of the guys that we have -- Rodrigo Lopez, or Carrasco, or Carpenter or Kendrick," Philadelphia general mananger Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "Why would he be any better than those guys? We've brought up the name, we've talked about it. We've talked about almost every guy that might be available, whether it is free agency or what."