With an eye fixed on a playoff push, the Pittsburgh Pirates added two new bats forward of the MLB industry closing date.
The Pirates introduced a deal obtaining application participant Isiah Kiner-Falefa from the Toronto Blue Jays in alternate for infield/outfield prospect Charles McAdoo. The membership additionally landed outfielder Bryan De L. a. Cruz from the Miami Marlins for infield prospect Garret Forrester and right-handed pitching prospect Jun-Seok Shim, in line with a couple of stories.
In Kiner-Falefa, the Pirates are getting a participant who has gave the impression as a 2nd baseman, 3rd baseman, shortstop, outfielder and emergency pitcher this season on my own.
The 29-year-old is batting a career-best .292 with seven house runs and 33 RBIs in 82 video games in his first season with Toronto. Throughout 729 profession video games for the Texas Rangers (2018-21), New York Yankees (2022-23) and Blue Jays, Kiner-Falefa is a .264 hitter with 33 homers, 236 RBIs and 77 stolen bases.
McAdoo, now heading to Toronto, is batting .315 in 87 video games between Prime-A and Double-A this season. The 22-year-old was once the No. 29 prospect within the Pirates’ machine, in line with MLB Pipeline.
De L. a. Cruz, 27, led the Marlins with 18 house runs and 51 RBIs whilst batting .245 in 105 video games this season. He’s one homer clear of tying his profession prime set closing yr.
In 431 profession video games for Miami since debuting in 2021, De L. a. Cruz has batted .258 with 55 homers and 191 RBIs.
Shim, 20, was once the No. 17 prospect within the Pirates’ farm machine and Forrester, 22, is No. 18, in line with MLB Pipeline.
Previous within the day, Pittsburgh obtained left-handed aid pitcher Josh Walker from the New York Mets for minor league left-hander Nicolas Carreno.
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