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Pirates Trade Jayson Aquino to Cleveland Indians

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded minor league left-handed pitcher Jayson Aquino to the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations. Aquino was picked up from the Toronto Blue Jays on May 10th in a deal that also involved cash considerations. He was designated for assignment on July 22nd, when the Pirates added Pedro Florimon to the 40-man roster.

Aquino is 22 years old and he’s in his sixth season of pro ball. He made 13 starts for Bradenton, posting a 3.78 ERA in 78.2 innings, with a .252 BAA and a 19:50 BB/SO ratio. We posted a very throughout report on him shortly after he joined the system, with input from multiple scouts and coaches. He was sitting 89-93 MPH that day and scouts said he had a chance to be a lefty reliever in the majors. The main problem is that he had already used two options, so if he remained with the team, he would have needed to stick in the majors by Opening Day in 2017.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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