The Jon Niese nightmare is over, yay! The Pittsburgh Priates have traded Niese, who was having the worst season of his career, to the team they acquired him from in December the New York Mets. In exchange, the Pittsburgh Pirates received left-handed reliever Antonio Bastardo who pitched for the Pirates last season.
Jon Neise began the year in the Pittsburgh Pirates starting rotation, but was moved to the bullpen last month after struggling immensely. The first rumblings that the Mets might be interested in re-acquiring Jon Niese began two or three weeks ago, which was about the same time it started to be reported that the Pirates were shopping him.