{"id":194442,"date":"2026-05-16T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194442\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:47:09","slug":"pirates-trade-alika-williams-dealt-to-as-for-pitching-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194442\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Trade: Alika Williams Dealt to A&#8217;s for Pitching Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WilliamsAlika20241-1024x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alika Williams, Nick Yorke, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Alika Williams (75) throws out Tampa Bay Rays Rene Pinto on a ground out to end the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Port Charlotte, Fla., Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded minor-league infielder Alika Williams to the Athletics for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Williams slashed .317\/.385\/.467 with 10 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 18 RBI in 34 games with Triple-A Indianapolis on the year. The 27-year-old appeared in 83 games with the Pirates between the 2023-24 seasons and hit .202\/.257\/.271 with nine doubles, two triples, 11 RBI and one defensive run saved between shortstop and second base.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates acquired Williams from the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handed reliever Robert Stephenson in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, 22, was drafted by the Athletics in the 11th round out of Texas Tech in 2024. The right-hander has totaled 34 appearances\/27 starts in his minor-league career across parts of three seasons and is 7-13 with a 4.52 ERA. In 155.1 innings, he\u2019s allowed 161 hits, walked 69 and struck out 115.<\/p>\n<p>In six appearances\/five starts with High-A Lansing this year, Robinson went 1-1 with a 3.62 ERA and one save. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/alika-williams\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alika Williams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/kyle-robinson\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Robinson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pirates-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Alika Williams (75) throws out Tampa Bay Rays Rene Pinto on a ground out to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[57207,86506,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-194442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-alika-williams","tag-kyle-robinson","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}