The Carlos Santana trade meant plenty for this Pirates team. It means they lost a clubhouse leader. They lost their cleanup hitter. And they lost something they don't have a lot of: A quality right-handed bat.
Ok, Santana is a switch-hitter, but when Derek Shelton played the platoon game, it was a definite plus for the lineup. While the Pirates are not as overly left-handed as they have been in years past, they still don't have too many right-handed options. Those righty bench options aren't exactly great at the moment, either. Connor Joe has a pretty pedestrian .