Pittsburgh Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Crosby as a free agent on December 9, 2009. He appeared in 61 games, with a batting average of .224. The Pirates traded Crosby, D. J. Carrasco and Ryan Church to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chris Snyder and Pedro Ciriaco on July 31, 2010.
Crosby appeared in only nine games for the Diamondbacks and was released on August 24, 2010.
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