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Today, the Pirates traded Dilson Herrera and a player to be named later to the Mets for Marlon Byrd and John Buck, the two should be in Pittsburgh for tomorrow’s game.
Neal Huntington’s Quotes
On the Trade — “We’ve been looking to add to the offense, obviously, at the trade deadline. A little disappointed we weren’t able to, but we felt like the cost wasn’t cheap, we felt like it was appropriate for the addition and our goal is to push this club forward. Our goal is to put this club in position to play games deep into October and not just to get there. We felt like the addition of Marlon Byrd and the depth of the catching of John Buck allow us a better step forward to do it.”
On Byrd — “In our minds, Marlon Byrd upgrades our offense right now. He’s having a very good year, he’s a veteran player, he’s been around and is respected within the clubhouse’s and most importantly, he’s made us better.”
On Buck — “It’s important for us to have three catchers we feel very good about. We love Tony Sanchez, Russ Martin has done everything we have asked from him and more, but we’re one injury away from being a little shallow and we went and, no slight intended on Kelly Shoppach, we went and got Kelly Shoppach as our third guy for us in September. We feel John Buck is a better acquisition and how it plays out as we go through the month of September and into October and time will tell.”
On Starling Marte — “He saw our doctors here in Pittsburgh yesterday. Saw Dr. Tom Graham in Cleveland this morning. Basically, it’s a contusion with some inflammation. A sprain that needs to heal, needs time to get the swelling out of there, needs time to let that sprain heal. He’s going to be out at least the two weeks of the disabled list assignment. It’s all going to be contingent upon how quickly that swelling gets out, but we’re optimistic that Starling gets back out there this season. Right now, the swelling and the pain are such that he can’t grip a bat, there’s no real efficient timetable for us until we get that swelling out of there.”
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