Starling Marte Pulled From Game

Starling Marte was pinch hit for in the 5th inning of the Altoona Curve game tonight. He was hit by a pitch in the first inning, but played until the 5th and had another at bat. With it being this close to the trade deadline, rumors are going to swirl. I would be pretty surprised if this actually meant he was traded, but it's worth noting. I'll keep you posted.

Update: Check out this tweet from MLB.com's Pirates beat writer, Jennifer Langosch:


Interesting, interesting stuff.

Update (12:21 AM): Apparently Marte was pulled for "team reasons", probably being disciplinary. Maybe he didn't run something out or said or did something else that his manager didn't like, so they yanked him in the 5th. You shouldn't do that this close to the trade deadline, it makes the bloggers go nuts.

Marte is still a Pirate farmhand... for now...