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Bucco breakfast: Are waiver claims a waste of time?

The Pirates under Neal Huntington have used the waiver wire pretty heavily. I got curious just how much production they’ve gotten from waiver claims since he took over, so I made a list of all of them. (This comes with the usual caveat that I’ve probably missed a couple, or more accurately MLB.com may have missed a couple.) This list includes only straight waiver claims, not instances where the Pirates claimed a player and then worked out a trade. Players who actually played for the Pirates are indicated by *, and the team the player came from is in parens.