MLB: Rays get rid of another of their veterans, make a change with Pirates

Tampa Bay Rays They’ve made tough decisions Thursday, not only parting with their longtime veteran outfielderKevin Kiermaierbut they have changed to starting first baseman Ji-Man Choi to the Pirates for the right of league minor Jack Hartmanboth teams announced Thursday.

South Korean Choi, 31, is a seven-year Major League veteran. He has hit .239 / .345 / .429 (.773 OPS) in 486 games between the Angels, Yankees, Brewers and Rays, spending the last four and a half seasons in Tampa Bay, reaching the World Series of 2020.

In 414 games with Tampa Bay, he had a .783 OPS with 52 home runs averaging .245/.352/.431 and 203 RBIs.

On the other hand, the 24-year-old Hartman only made his minor league debut this season, playing only in the Class A branch, throwing 18.2 innings with a 6.18 ERA.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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