Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memwaka miviri yakateedzana yekupedzisira mwaka kudonha, Huntington naHurdle vakatsunga kuve nehasha mune yemahara agency, vachiwedzera vatambi uye veteran hutungamiriri hwaizodzivirira kumwe kudonha kwePittsburgh Pirates 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 kwakapera kuchinyanya kutsigira maPirates, sezvo Grilli naMelancon vaizosimbisa iyo inonzi "Shark Tank" bullpen seimwe yezvakanakisa bullpens muMLB pamwe nekusarudzwa kune vese-Star Game
Hanrahan akapedzisira achingotamba mumitambo mipfumbamwe chete yeRed Sox asati akuvara muruoko rwake rwekukanda uye achida kuvhiyiwa kwaTommy John sezvo chibvumirano chake chaive chava kuda kupera pakupera kwemwaka. Pakupedzisira, Hanrahan aisazombopa muMajors zvakare.