North Melbourne are yet to decide whether Jarrad Waite will be at the AFL club next year.The Kangaroos dropped a pre-finals bombshell on Wednesday, revealing Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Michael Firrito and Nick Dal Santo will not be offered contracts for 2017.Former Carlton forward Waite, who is currently sidelined with a hip injury, is also approaching the end of his career.Waite will be 34 years old when the 2017 season starts.The Kangaroos are expected to retain Waite but coach Brad Scott was tightlipped about the topic.The discussions are ongoing as to the rest of our list build, Scott said, when asked about Waite.Waite underwent hip surgery last month in an effort to be fully fit for finals.Scott confirmed he will not play against Greater Western Sydney on Saturday, when the Kangaroos regular season wraps up at Etihad Stadium.Waitey were training up and aiming to get him cherry ripe for an assault at finals, Scott said.But he wont play this week.Scott also ruled out the prospect of injured trio Ben Jacobs, Scott Thompson and Sam Wright facing the Giants.Shaun Higgins and Luke McDonald could however both return on the weekend.Theyre the two most likely (Higgins and McDonald). 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He threw a lot of really good sinkers against a very good-hitting team with a lot of right-handed hitters and he locked them up with the ball away.His bid for his third career shutout ended when Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve led off the ninth with consecutive doubles.Pittsburgh snapped its four-game losing streak and stopped Houstons four-game winning streak. Both teams entered 3 1/2 games out of the second wild card in their respective leagues.Nova is doing his best to keep the Pirates hopes of a fourth consecutive postseason appearance alive after being traded for the first time in his career.You dont want to get traded, Nova said. This is not what I was looking for. Stuff like that happens, though. Im happy to be here. 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