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Red Sox To Designate Holt For Assignment
EDIT: THE RED SOX HAVE APPARENTLY DECIDED TO PUT JOEL HANRAHAN ON THE 60 DAY DL. Can you literally already close the book on the Joel Hanrahan trade? Mark Melancon has already been the superior pitcher. Stolmy Pimentel is smoking AA and now it’s being reported that the Red Sox are going to DFA…
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Pirates Release Brad Hawpe
I don’t want to make it sound like I was worried that Brad Hawpe was going to make the team. Still, this front office is pretty unpredictable, and with rumors of Gaby Sanchez being shopped it was a thought that made my bowels weak. When he was signed I hated it. I figured he would take…
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Pirates Cut Eleven
The Pirates cut eleven players this morning. Vic Black, Jerry Sands, Stolmy Pimentel, Hunter Strickland, Clint Robinson and Duke Welker were all optioned to AAA. Of those names the only real surprises to me are Duke Welker and Victor Black. Not because they were sent down, but because it happened so early. Welker and…
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Hanrahan Trade Finally Done.
The players going to Boston are Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt. Two fan favorites. In fact it only seems like the Pirates trade fan favorites. Fan love means little to me. The Pirates will get Jerry Sands and Stolmy Pimentel. We covered that part of the trade earlier. The addition of Brock Holt to the…
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Is The Hanrahan Trade Ever Getting Done?
Well it’s been almost a day since we found out that Joel Hanrahan has been traded to the Red Sox for at least Jerry Sands and Stolmy Pimentel and still no word on the final pieces. Apparently the Pirates are sending one more player to the Sox and the Sox are sending two players to…
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Joel Hanrahan Shipping Up To Boston?
At least that’s how it sounds. The rumored return is apparently Jerry Sands, with another player or players also coming the Pirates way. Joel Hanrahan has been good, not great for the Pirates. He’s been a solid pitcher and the Pirates squeezed a ton out of him. Sands is 25 year old righty that can…
