Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Mariners designated veteran outfielder Leonys Martin for assignment. As soon as this news was announced, many Pirate fans started to clamor for the team to add Martin. However, they need to stay away.
The reason for this clamoring is last Tuesday’s news that Starling Marte has been suspended for 80 games due to failing a drug test. This has left the Pirates with a hole to fill in their outfield.
Adding to the Pirate outfield woes was Monday’s news of Adam Frazier‘s injury. The Pirate super utility man was put on the disabled list on Monday with a hamstring strain.