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Huntington Discusses the Lack of Outfield Experience With the Outfield Replacements

PITTSBURGH - Starling Marte's suspension has lasted five games so far. In that time, the Pirates have started John Jaso and Jose Osuna two times each in right field, with one start going to Adam Frazier. The common trend here is that none of these guys are really outfielders.

Sure, Osuna started off as an outfielder. Then he moved to first base due to defensive issues, and only moved back to the outfield when he was blocked at first base by Josh Bell, preventing him from continuing to move up in the minors. Frazier moved to the outfield part time in 2015 in Altoona, due to all of the other options the Pirates had in the infield at the time.