Pirates invite Monroe, Perez to camp By Dejan Kovacevic | 10:40 a.m. Tuesday The Pirates today agreed to terms with outfielder Craig Monroe and catcher Miguel Perez on minor league contracts with invitations to spring training. Monroe, who will turn 31 next month, has a .253 career average and 112 home runs over eight seasons in Major League Baseball. That includes a .202 average , eight home runs and 29 RBIs in 2008 with the Minnesota Twins, who released him Aug. 8. He has topped 20 home runs in the majors three times -- 2003, 2005 and 2006 -- all with the Detroit Tigers. In that latter season, he also had 92 RBIs. Last week, general manager Neal Huntington hinted at acquiring a "bounce-back" type of player to address the Pirates' need for right-handed power in the outfield, and Monroe was one of the players who fit that description. Perez, 25, spent all of last season with the Pirates' Class AA affiliate in Altoona and batted .281 with two home runs and 22 RBIs. Defensively, he threw out 15 of 40 runners trying to steal. He spent two games in the majors in 2005 with the Cincinnati Reds and has played 23 total games above the Class AA level. There now are 14 non-roster invitees. http://0rz.tw/2f5is --

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