PITTSBURGH — There was a time when Miguel Andujar’s presence on the Pirates would have been a big deal.
At one time, he was a top 100 prospect in the New York Yankees’ farm system. In past seasons, with the Yankees pushing for playoff spots and the Pirates still in a rebuild, a perusal of Twitter could uncover trade proposals from Yankee fans trying to send Andujar elsewhere in favor of a more consistent, major league entity. Bryan Reynolds for Andujar and some other prospects, for example.
Obviously, those moves never happened, and as it turns out, the Pirates got Andujar anyway. They claimed Andujar off waivers from the Yankees on Monday. On Tuesday, Andujar won the Pirates a game against the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1.
