Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure memwaka miviri yakatevedzana yekupedzisira mwaka kuputsika, Huntington naHurdle vakatsunga kuva nehasha muhurumende yakasununguka, kuwedzera vatambi uye vatungamiri vekare vaizodzivisa imwe Pittsburgh Pirates kuparara muna 2013. Mumwaka wepakati, chikwata chakabvumirana nomubati wechigarire Russell Martin pachibvumirano chemakore maviri, chemamiriyoni gumi nemanomwe emadhora. Martin, apo achipa nhamba dzakanaka dzekurwisa, aionekwa sechinhu chikuru chekuchengetedza pamusoro pegore rapfuura reRod Barajas naMichael McKenry. Muna 2012, Barajas naMcKenry vakanga vabatanidza kuti vadzinge 19 ye173 base runners, nokuda kwechikamu chekuba chakabatwa che11%, apo Russell Martin akabata basa rakabatwa kuba chikamu che30.25% kupinda mumwaka we2013. Musi waZvita 26, 2012, maPirates akatengesa akasimbisa akasimba Joel Hanrahan uye infielder Brock Holt kuBoston Red Sox ye reliever Mark Melancon, uye tarisiro Jerry Sands, Iván DeJesús Jr., naStolmy Pimentel. Nokufamba uku, Pirates yakasainazve mutambi Jason Grilli pachibvumirano chemakore maviri chemadhora mamiriyoni mana nemashanu, kuti ave mutsva wePirates. Melancon, uyo akanga asina kukosheswa mushure mokunge akaora mwoyo, akakuvadzwa mwaka we2012, akatsiva Grilli sePirates setup man. Kutengeserana kwacho kwakapedzisira kwava kufarira Pirates, sezvo Grilli naMelancon vaizosimbisa nzvimbo inonzi "Shark Tank" seimwe yenzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzepamusoro muMLB uye vose vakasarudzwa ku
All-Star Game, nepo Hanrahan akapedzisira achingotamba mumitambo mipfumbamwe yeRed Sox asati akuvara ruoko rwake rwekukanda uye achida kuvhiyiwa kwaTommy John sezvo chibvumirano chake chaive chava kuda kupera pakupera kwemwaka. Pakupedzisira, Hanrahan aisazombopa muMajors zvakare.