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- First baseman Adam LaRoche, who's arbitration-eligible, met with manager John Russell and general manager Neal Huntington on Tuesday afternoon. LaRoche, 28, is making $5 million this season, and the Pirates control him through 2009. Huntington said contract talks will resume after the season. The first-year GM expects LaRoche to be the Pirates' starting first baseman in the future. "Time will tell," Huntington said. "But as we pencil our club forward, Adam is the guy that we pencil in there." With no one ready in the farm system, the Pirates have few options. They could return Steve Pearce (.231, 1 HR, 11 RBI) to first base, re-sign free agent 34-year-old Doug Mientkiewicz (.277, 2 HR, ...

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