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Not solely are the Pittsburgh Pirates selling playoff tickets on the verge of their first postseason appearance in 21 years, but they’re additionally calling in reinforcements.
Adam Rubin of ESPN dished the inside track Tuesday afternoon, reporting that slugger Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck are headed from the New York Mets to the Pirates. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports activities says infielder Dilson Herrera and a player to be named later — everyone’s favourite — go to the Mets.
Herrera is the Bucs’ No. 10 prospect, and represented the organization at the Futures Recreation, so they gave up something of worth. This is one in all his baseball playing cards, already going for $174.ninety five on eBay.
Buck and Byrd will be free agents after the season.
Byrd gives the Pirates a a lot-wanted bat within the outfield, the place they have been hurting for energy in right and hurting basically in left after shedding Starling Marte to a hand injury. Within the midst of a profession season as he approaches his thirty sixth birthday this week, Byrd is batting285/.330/.518 with 21 homers, 26 doubles and 5 triples in 464 plate appearances. He is performed for six groups since breaking in with the Phillies in 2002.
He acquired suspended for 50 video games in 2012 for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug coverage, although Byrd — who has skilled carefully with reformed BALCO founder Victor Conte — says he took a legal medication that became tainted with a banned substance. Regardless, he owned his mistake and did his time. A 2010 All-Star with the Cubs, Byrd has no playoff expertise, if you want to pick nits.
Also an All-Star in 2010, Buck gives the Bucs a revered backup catcher who can play when Russell Martin does not. He’s got 15 residence runs (most of which got here in April) and is batting215/.285/.367 total. He is known for his leadership abilities, as his hugging of Matt Harvey on Monday, following his dangerous news, confirmed the world. Enjoying the majority of his profession with the Royals, he doesn’t have playoff experience, either. However he’s about to, probably.
Pirates get John Buck and Marlon Byrd from the Mets
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