{"id":95097,"date":"2025-08-25T05:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/95097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T05:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:18:12","slug":"pirates-claim-ryan-kreidler-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/95097\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Claim Ryan Kreidler – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pirates have claimed infielder Ryan Kreidler<\/a> off waivers from the Tigers, according to\u00a0Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a>. The Pirates had an open spot on their 40-man roster for Kriedler, so no corresponding move was necessary. The club\u2019s roster now stands at 40 players.<\/p>\n

Kreidler, 27, was a fourth-round pick by the Tigers back in 2019. He made his big league debut during the 2022 campaign and has spent each of the past four seasons in an up-and-down role with the Tigers as a utility man. He\u2019s gotten into just 89 total games at the big league level, but hasn\u2019t shown much with the bat in that time. Across 211 MLB plate appearances, Kreidler has a lackluster .138\/.208\/.176 slash line with an ugly 31.8% strikeout rate. That\u2019s a tough slash line to stomach from even a bench player at the big league level, though what he lacks in offensive ability he makes up for with versatility; Kreidler has split time between shortstop, center field, and third base throughout his time in the majors with brief cameos at second base and in left field as well.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s played those same positions in the minors over the years, and is generally regarded as a high-level defender at both shortstop and in center field. Still, that wasn\u2019t enough to assure Kreidler of his 40-man roster spot with Detroit. The Tigers are in the midst of a banner year where a number of role players have stepped up to contribute to the team\u2019s offense. Kreidler\u2019s role as a versatile, quality defender who hits from the right side has been usurped by Javier Baez<\/a>, who has enjoyed a rebound campaign after dealing with injuries and ineffectiveness during the majority of his time with the Tigers.<\/p>\n

While still just an average to slightly below average hitter overall, Baez\u2019s performance is a big step up over Kreidler, and now that he\u2019s no longer the club\u2019s everyday shortstop he can pitch in as a more versatile piece with reps at third base and in center field\u2014a change that covers all of Kreidler\u2019s usual positions. Even as Kreidler no longer has a clear role with the Tigers, however, he\u2019s managed to find himself a role with the Pirates. Pittsburgh has had one of the weakest offenses in the sport for a few years now, so the club is no stranger to light-hitting players on the roster. Perhaps Kreidler will get the opportunity to compete with Liover Peguero<\/a> or Ronny Simon<\/a> for a bench job down the stretch, a role in which his elite glove and defensive versatility can shine a bit more.<\/p>\n

There even could be some room for optimism with Kreidler\u2019s bat if he can get some reps over the season\u2019s final few weeks. In 84 games at Triple-A Toledo this year, Kreidler has slashed a perfectly respectable .251\/.374\/.410 with 25 doubles and 14 steals. Expecting that level of production from Kreidler would be unrealistic at this point, but if he can even bring his numbers into the 80-90 wRC+ range it would go a long way to establishing him as a viable glove-first bench piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pirates have claimed infielder Ryan Kreidler off waivers from the Tigers, according to\u00a0Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,55526,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-95097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-ryan-kreidler","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}