{"id":253384,"date":"2026-07-28T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253384\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:13:12","slug":"pirates-trade-bucs-add-outfield-depth-from-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253384\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Trade: Bucs Add Outfield Depth From Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/484-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Pirates, Jack Little\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates swung a trade with the Orioles to add some outfield depth, acquiring Johnathan Rodr\u00edguez for cash considerations. Rodr\u00edguez, who was designated for assignment by Baltimore on Thursday, has been assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodr\u00edguez, 26, has appeared in 51 games between the Orioles and Guardians in parts of the last three seasons. He carries a .177\/.288\/.301 batting line with six doubles, one triple, two home runs, 17 RBIs and one stolen base. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodr\u00edguez played 62 games with Triple-A Norfolk in Baltimore\u2019s organization this season and batted .270\/.370\/.391 with 14 doubles, four home runs and 22 RBIs. In parts of nine minor-league seasons, the native of Puerto Rico owns a .284\/.363\/.483 batting line with 143 doubles, 20 triples, 118 home runs, 448 RBIs and 31 steals in 736 games across six levels. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make room for Rodr\u00edguez on the 40-man roster, the Pirates designated catcher Shawn Ross for assignment. Ross appeared in two games for the Pirates over the weekend and hit a two-run home run for his first-career hit on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates reinstated catcher Endy Rodr\u00edguez from the 10-day injured list ahead of Monday\u2019s game against the Diamondbacks at PNC Park. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/johnathan-rodriguez-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnathan Rodriguez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsbugh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsbugh 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":"The Pirates swung a trade with the Orioles to add some outfield depth, acquiring Johnathan Rodr\u00edguez for cash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[108095,107781,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-253384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-johnathan-rodriguez","tag-pittsbugh-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253384","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=253384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}