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Pirates Place Jared Hughes on Unconditional Release Waivers

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According to Ken Rosenthal, the Pittsburgh Pirates have placed relief pitcher Jared Hughes on release waivers. The Pirates avoided arbitration with Hughes this off-season, agreeing on a one-year deal for $2.825 M. They were hoping for a bounce back season after he posted a 3.03 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP in 59.1 innings over 67 appearances last year. The ERA wasn’t bad, but his FIP was 4.68 and tells a different story. He struggled this spring, with a 11.57 ERA, .348 BAA and a 2.14 WHIP in 9.1 innings. Hughes was supposed to pitch in today’s game. Along with the demotion of Drew Hutchison earlier today, the active Spring Training roster is now down to 31 players.

Unless someone picks him up, which is very unlikely because they would assume his entire salary, the Pirates will release him and pay him 45 days termination pay. That works out to exactly 1/4 of his salary.

UPDATE: 2:00 PM: The Pirates announced that Hughes has cleared outright waivers and has been placed on unconditional release waivers for the purpose of granting him his unconditional release.

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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