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Pittsburgh Pirates Release Antonio Bastardo

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The Pittsburgh Pirates released left-handed pitcher Antonio Bastardo on Thursday night. He was designated for assignment last week after posting a 15.00 ERA and a 2.78 WHIP in nine innings over nine appearances this season.

The Pirates will owe the remaining salary on his $6.625 M contract for this year, although the New York Mets included an unknown amount towards his salary in the trade for Jon Niese last year. If another team signs Bastardo, they will only be responsible for a pro-rated portion of league minimum wage, which is $535,000.

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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