Dejan Kovacevic, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tweets: #Pirates sign pitcher #Javier Lopez to minor league deal. He then goes on to Tweet: Javier Lopez not a minor league deal. He’s on the 40-man

Javier Lopez, 32, pitched last season with the Boston Red Sox before he was designated for assignment on May 10, 2009 and then released.  He was 0-2 with a 9.26 ERA in 14 games.  In 2008, he was 2-0 with 2.43 ERA in  59 1/3 innings in 70 games.  He’s a left handed pitcher known for his sidearm delivery.  You can see Lopez’s complete stats here.