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Pirates Designate Eric Hanhold For Assignment

By Steve Adams | March 18, 2022 at 7:53am CDT

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.

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  1. Jim Carter

    2 months ago

    Back to the Orioles? They do like to reunite their failures.

    Reply
  2. holecamels35

    2 months ago

    Are they gonna sign any real players or just abuse revenue sharing some more?

    Reply
    • SpendNuttinWinNuttin

      2 months ago

      Abuse it. They did sign Vogelbach!! 1 million spent and they’ve already reached the payroll limitations

      Reply
    • bucincharlotte

      2 months ago

      Just abuse! No chance for small market teams so if I own the team I do what PGH and Baltyare doing!

      Reply
  3. bobtillman

    2 months ago

    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……

    Reply
  4. mlb1225

    2 months ago

    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.

    Reply
  5. mario crosby

    2 months ago

    This sets the Pirates rebuilding plan back to 2045.

    Reply
    • tiredolddude

      2 months ago

      Hey, but they’ll dominate the ‘50’s

      Reply
  6. bucincharlotte

    2 months ago

    Shocker!

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