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Pirates Acquire Denny Bautista
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates acquired 27 year-old reliever Denny Bautista from the Tigers today for 23 year-old minor league reliever Kyle Pearson.
Bautista seems like a reasonable project for the Bucs to toss into the back of their bullpen. Bautista averages 94-95 mph with his fastball, but five organizations have already given up on him.
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He's only 25, he's got time to figure it out. A lot of relievers don't become consistent until their late-20's anyway.
Posted by: JD | June 25, 2008 at 04:23 PM
He's actually 27 and will be 28 in August, but he can't be any worse than Frankie Osoria, so the Bucs might as well give him a shot.
Posted by: LongSufferingBucsFan | June 25, 2008 at 04:37 PM
My mistake on his age, thanks.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | June 25, 2008 at 04:43 PM
As a Tigers fan....have fun with this guy!
Posted by: gZusLuvsU15 | June 25, 2008 at 05:39 PM
Can't be any worse than the garbage we already run out there. So we'll take Tomko, Vinnie Chulk, pass on Jeff Weaver, although maybe in a pinch. We need to shop at the pitching surplus store. Throw a couple hundred against the wall and somthing's bound to stick.
Posted by: indybucfan | June 25, 2008 at 06:04 PM
He's exactly the kind of low-risk, high-reward pitcher the Pirates need to take a chance on. In the NL, in a less pressured environment than Detroit, he could work out. Or, if he doesn't, he'll get cut and the Buccos will move on.
One question, though: who takes Dumatrait's spot in the rotation? Bullington? JVB? Adam LaRoche? (you know he's still begging to pitch; I say let him try, he can't be much worse of a pitcher than he is a hitter)
Posted by: CJax33 | June 25, 2008 at 06:32 PM
He's sure ridden being Pedro's cousin to an unexpectedly long major league career.
Posted by: George Purcell | June 25, 2008 at 06:36 PM
What teams has he been on? I know he was on Royals, Rockies, Tigers, now Pirates
Posted by: CUBBIES2008 | June 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Nevermind I found out.
he was on the Marlins, Orioles, Royals, Rockies, Tigers, Pirates. He's also cousins with Ramone Martinez along with Pedro.
Posted by: CUBBIES2008 | June 26, 2008 at 12:10 AM