Thursday featured some more legitimate trade deadline action for the Pirates as they went out and dealt for Detroit’s closer: Joakim Soria.
The Pirates have acquired RHP Joakim Soria from Detroit in exchange for minor league INF JaCoby Jones. pic.twitter.com/23A6bWNfuP
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 30, 2015
I’ve been saying for a while now that the Bucs needed some bullpen help, and this is exactly that. Soria isn’t going to close for the Pirates, and I don’t even think he should take over Tony Watson‘s eighth inning role.