When the Pirates traded outfielder Travis Snider to the Baltimore Orioles following the 2014 season many fans were upset. Snider was coming off a career season in which he had appeared to finally turn the corner as a Major League hitter. Upsetting fans further was that the Pirates got a pair of unknown prospects in return.
In return for Snider the Pirates got two Minor League pitchers. The pitchers the Pirates acquired were left-handed starting pitchers Steven Brault and Stephen Tarpley. Brault is now in the Pirates’ rotation, while Tarpley was traded for Ivan Nova.