The Pirates have designated right-hander Eric Hanhold for assignment, tweets Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The DFA opens a spot on the 40-man roster for righty Adonis Medina, whom the Pirates claimed off waivers from Philadelphia this week.
Hanhold himself was a waiver claim by the Bucs, coming over from the Orioles back on Nov. 3. The 28-year-old pitched in 10 games with Baltimore this past season and yielded nine runs (eight earned) on 13 hits and three walks with six strikeouts through 10 1/3 frames.
Hanhold had a solid showing between Double-A and Triple-A back in 2019, tossing 63 1/3 innings of 3.84 ERA ball. He did so with pedestrian strikeout and walk rates but a slightly above-average 48% grounder rate. His 2021 season was a struggle both in Baltimore and in Triple-A, though, as he pitched to a 5.19 ERA in 26 innings with Norfolk last year. Hanhold throws fairly hard (95.1 mph average heater in the Majors), and he’s generally done a nice job of keeping the ball on the ground and limiting walks in the minors. That hasn’t fully offset a career 19.2% strikeout rate, however. The Pirates will have a week to trade him, pass him through outright waivers or release him.
Back to the Orioles? They do like to reunite their failures.
Are they gonna sign any real players or just abuse revenue sharing some more?
Abuse it. They did sign Vogelbach!! 1 million spent and they’ve already reached the payroll limitations
Just abuse! No chance for small market teams so if I own the team I do what PGH and Baltyare doing!
Waived by the O’s and Pirates in the last few months. Where do you think his self-confidence level is right now? Calling Doctor Phil……
I like taking a flyer on Medina. I don’t have high expectations for him, but could do worse for depth. Hanhold was basically just there to fill a roster spot.
This sets the Pirates rebuilding plan back to 2045.
Hey, but they’ll dominate the ‘50’s
Shocker!