Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Kadib laba xilli ciyaareed oo isku xigxigay oo burburkii xilli ciyaareedkii dambe, Huntington iyo Hurdle waxay go'aansadeen inay noqdaan kuwo gardaro ku ah hay'adda xorta ah, iyagoo ku daraya ciyaartoy iyo hoggaan khibrad leh oo ka hortagi kara burbur kale Pittsburgh Pirates 2013. Xilli ciyaareedka ka baxsan, kooxdu waxay heshiis la gashay qabashada halyeeyga Russell Martin heshiis laba sano ah, $ 17 milyan. Martin, isagoo bixinaya tirooyin weerar oo hufan, ayaa loo tixgeliyey inuu yahay casriyeyn difaac oo weyn marka loo eego kooxdii sanadkii hore ee Rod Barajas iyo Michael McKenry. Sannadkii 2012, Barajas iyo McKenry waxay isku darsadeen inay tuuraan 19 ka mid ah 173 baserunners, oo ah boqolkiiba 11%, halka Russell Martin uu haystay xirfad la qabtay oo xaday boqolkiiba 30.25% oo galaya xilli ciyaareedka 2013. Bishii Diseembar 26, 2012, Pirates waxay ku wareejiyeen xiddiga dhawaan la aasaasay ee Joel Hanrahan iyo ciyaaryahanka gudaha Brock Holt Boston Red Sox ee loogu talagalay gargaarka Mark Melancon, iyo rajooyinka Jerry Sands, Iván DeJesús Jr., iyo Stolmy Pimentel. Tallaabadan, Pirates waxay dib u saxiixday ninkii sameeyay Jason Grilli heshiis laba sano ah oo qiimihiisu yahay $ 4.5 milyan, si uu u noqdo xiddiga cusub ee Pirates. Melancon, oo ahaa undervalued ka dib markii miserable, xilli ciyaareedkii 2012 dhaawac, bedelay Grilli sida ninka Pirates dejinta. Ganacsigu wuxuu ku dhamaaday si xoog leh oo u taagan Pirates, maadaama Grilli iyo Melancon ay ku xirnaan doonaan waxa loogu yeero "Shark Tank" bullpen oo ah mid ka mid ah bullpens-ka ugu fiican MLB sidoo kale labadoodaba waxaa loo xushay
Hanrahan waxa uu ciyaaray sagaal kulan oo kaliya Red Sox ka hor inta uusan dhaawac ka soo gaarin gacantiisa oo u baahnayd qaliin Tommy John ah xilli qandaraaskiisa uu diyaar u ahaa inuu dhaco dhamaadka xilli ciyaareedka. Ugu danbayntii, Hanrahan marnaba dib ugama noqon doono Major League mar kale.