Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe oge abụọ na-esote oge nke oge ngwụcha oge dara, Huntington na Hurdle kpebisiri ike na ha ga-eme ihe ike na ọrụ n'efu, na-agbakwunye ndị egwuregwu na ndị isi ndị okenye ga-egbochi ọdịda ọzọ nke Pittsburgh Pirates na 2013. N'oge ezumike, ndị otu ahụ kwenyere na onye na-ejide ihe ochie Russell Martin na nkwekọrịta afọ abụọ, $ 17 nde. Martin, mgbe ọ na-enye ọnụọgụgụ dị mma, a na-ewere ya dị ka nnukwu nkwalite nchebe karịa ndị agha nke afọ gara aga nke Rod Barajas na Michael McKenry. N'afọ 2012, Barajas na McKenry jikọtara iji tụfuo 19 n'ime ndị na-agba ọsọ 173, maka pasent na-ezu ohi nke 11%, ebe Russell Martin nwere ọrụ na-ezu ohi pasent nke 30.25% na-abanye n'oge 2013. Na Disemba 26, 2012, ndị Pirates gbanwere onye na-emechi Joel Hanrahan na onye na-egwu egwuregwu Brock Holt na Boston Red Sox maka onye na-enye aka Mark Melancon, na atụmanya Jerry Sands, Iván DeJesús Jr., na Stolmy Pimentel. Site na njem a, ndị Pirates bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ ọzọ Jason Grilli nwoke setịpụrụ maka nkwekọrịta afọ abụọ ruru $ 4.5 nde, iji bụrụ onye na-emechi Pirates ọhụrụ. Melancon, onye a na-eleda anya mgbe ọdachi, mmerụ ahụ na-eme n'afọ 2012, dochie Grilli dị ka onye nhazi Pirates. Mgbanwe ahụ mechara daa n'ụzọ siri ike maka Pirates, dịka Grilli na Melancon ga-eme ka ihe a na-akpọ "Shark Tank" bullpen dị ka otu n'ime bullpens kachasị mma na MLB yana a họpụtara ha abụọ na
Egwuregwu All-Star, ebe Hanrahan mechara kpọọ egwuregwu itoolu maka Red Sox tupu o merụọ ahụ na ogwe aka ya ma chọọ ịwa ahụ Tommy John ka nkwekọrịta ya na-akwado ịbịa na njedebe nke oge. N'ikpeazụ, Hanrahan agakwaghị agba bọọlụ na Majors ọzọ.