Updating an earlier item, the Pirates have not officially declined Paul Maholm's $9.75 million club option for 2012. "We have not officially determined that we are going to decline the option," GM Neal Huntington said. They'll almost surely wind up declining it, but for now the Bucs are leaving their options open in case a potential trade partner emerges. The Pirates will have to pay Maholm a $750,000 buyout if the option is not picked up.