"The Pirates have added right-hander Ryota Igarashi and first baseman Jeff Clement through Minor League contracts and have invited both to participate in Spring Training. The signings bring the organization's number of non-roster Spring Training invitees to eight.

Pittsburgh is plenty familiar with Clement, who has been in the organization since being acquired as part of a seven-player trade in July 2009. At the time the Pirates were hopeful that Clement would be the team's next starting first baseman, but injuries and struggles have limited him to 54 big league games since that trade.

Clement played in just 31 games -- all in the Minors -- in 2011 as he continued to recover from surgery on his left knee. That knee injury also cut short Clement's 2010 season. "