The Pirates acquired veteran left-hander J.A. Happ from Seattle on Friday as a stopgap — and possibly more — after Burnett complained of elbow pain and was placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation following his third straight bumpy outing. Pittsburgh also picked up infielder Michael Morse from the Dodgers, hoping Morse’s proven right-handed […]
Continue readingThe flurry of activity made for some frenzied speculation and Twitter madness at the time. So how have things worked out, with the benefit of a little hindsight? A variety of factors go into assessing trade deadline winners and losers six weeks later. A new acquisition might perform well on a team that flopped — […]
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