If they were still around, Abbot and Castello could have done a whole bit about the Pirates' first base situation.
This season, 10 different players have gotten reps at first base, none more so than Michael Chavis. But with just nine games to go in the season, the Pirates opted to designate Chavis for assignment in favor of waiver claim Miguel Andújar.
Wanting to give other players opportunities and at-bats down the stretch was the reason given for why Chavis was let go after his batting average had dropped to .229 and his OPS to .