Pittsburgh Pirates Try To Justify Giving Away Effective Reliever For Free
by Emma Baccellieri from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#30WRA)
Reliever Juan Nicasio has been having a career-best season; in his second year with the Pirates, he's striking out nearly 25 percent of batters with a 2.85 ERA. This week, Pittsburgh placed him on irrevocable waivers to let Philadelphia take him for absolutely nothing in return, so that, uh, they could dump his"