The Pirates made two minor trades on Wednesday, acquiring Vin Mazzaro, Clint Robinson, and Zach Stewart from the Royals and Red Sox. The Bucs sent minor leaguers Luis Rico and Luis Santos to Kansas City for Mazzaro and Robinson, and they will send Boston a player to be named later in exchange for Stewart.
Mazzaro, Robinson, and Stewart were added to the 40-man roster, and to clear space Matt Hague and Yamaico Navarro were designated for assignment. The roster is now full, but there are obviously plenty of other expendable pieces the Bucs won’t hesitate to cut loose if they make more moves in the near future.
Of course, there was all kinds of mutiny and laughter on Twitter after these trades were made this morning. They’re little depth moves, people…please don’t mistake them for legitimate trades that the Pirates are expecting to be earth-shattering and offseason defining:
Pirates replace marginally useless players with other marginally useless players, everybody freak out
— Brian M...
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Vin Mazzaro,
Clint Robinson,
Matt Hague,
Yamaico Navarro,
Neal Huntington,
Garrett Jones
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles
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