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Cincinnati Reds Claim Lisalverto Bonilla from Pirates

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that right-handed pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. He was designated for assignment on Thursday when the Pirates acquired pitcher Pat Light from the Minnesota Twins.

Bonilla was signed to a Major League deal back in December after the Pirates parted ways with Jeff Locke. The 26-year-old Bonilla pitched briefly for the Texas Rangers in 2014, before missing the entire 2015 season due to Tommy John surgery. He spent all of 2016 in the minors with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Pirates expect to find out tomorrow whether Nefi Ogando will clear waivers. He was designated for assignment on Friday when the Pirates picked up Phil Gosselin from the Diamondbacks.

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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