Before the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with left-hander Andrew Heaney, the team also actively pursued free-agent pitcher Jose Quintana, according to major-league sources.The Pirates offered Quintana a larger guarantee than Heaney’s one-year,

Former New York Mets relief pitcher Scott Sauerbeck, who pitched in the majors for eight seasons, has died. The Cincinnati native was 53. Sauerbeck, who was a ‘lefty specialist reliever’ when the position was still popular, died of a heart attack in Bradenton, Fla., home on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.