The Pittsburgh Pirates made a notable roster transfer on Thursday afternoon.
It has been introduced that the Pirates are buying pitcher Ron Marinaccio from the San Diego Padres in alternate for worldwide signing pool cash.
Marinaccio had lately been reduce by the Padres, however was traded earlier than clearing waivers, so he’ll head to Pittsburgh as an alternative of both changing into a free agent or being outrighted to the minors.
Within the wake of the commerce with the Padres, the Pirates’ corresponding transfer concerned slicing ties with 9-year MLB veteran pitcher Dennis Santana.
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Dennis Santana Minimize by Pirates
GettyST LOUIS, MISSOURI – MAY 20: Dennis Santana #60 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates after beating the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Could 20, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Picture by Joe Puetz/Getty Photos)
Dennis Santana, 30, is in his third season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, however issues haven’t gone significantly nicely this season for the nine-year vet.
He’s boasted an ERA of 6.05 over 44 appearances.
It’s a weird regression contemplating he’s arguably coming off one of the best season of his MLB profession (in 2025). In ’25, he posted an ERA of two.18 over 70.1 innings pitched with 60 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.867, that are all extraordinarily spectacular marks.
Santana now enters DFA limbo, and he instantly turns into a commerce candidate if one other crew desires to provide him a shot this season, however it’s additionally believable that he will get outrighted to the minors, declines that task, after which elects free company as an alternative.
MLBTR.com’s Darragh McDonald wrote (in regards to the DFA limbo course of):
“The Pirates have determined to make a change and bumped him off the roster. DFA limbo can final so long as week. The waiver course of takes 48 hours, so the Bucs might take so long as 5 days to see if there’s any commerce curiosity. This year’s numbers will definitely tamp down his commerce worth. If he had been to clear waivers, he has sufficient service time to each reject an outright task in favor of free company and preserve the cash he’s nonetheless owed.”
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Dennis Santana’s MLB Profession
As famous, Santana has performed in elements of 9 MLB seasons.
He holds a profession ERA of 4.37 throughout 333.1 innings and 319 complete appearances.
Santana broke into MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018, and spent 4 seasons with LA earlier than pitching for the Pirates, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Mets (very briefly).
With the Pirates (2024 to 2026), Santana held an earned run common of three.28 throughout 156.1 innings and 147 strikeouts.
As for Ron Marinaccio now being on the Pirates, he holds an ERA of 4.79 this season with the San Diego Padres over 47 innings with 38 strikeouts.
Once more, Marinaccio has simply been designated for task by the Padres.
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