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Pirates Sign Jake Fox and Shairon Martis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed utility player Jake Fox and right handed pitcher Shairon Martis to minor league deals, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America.

Fox turned 29 in July, and has a career .237/.288/.425 line in 489 at-bats in his major league career.  He’s played first base, third base, the two corner outfield positions, and has caught in his four year major league career.  We heard rumors during the season that the Pirates were interested in Fox, and they also expressed interest in him last off-season.

Martis turns 25 in March and has pitched 106.1 innings in the majors, with his last stint coming in 2009 at the age of 22.  He has a combined 5.33 ERA, along with a 4.8 K/9 and a 4.3 BB/9 ratio.  The right hander put up a 3.05 ERA in 133 innings at the AA level last year, with a 146:39 K/BB ratio.  He will likely be used as depth out of the AAA level.

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Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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