The Pittsburgh Pirates have lost infielder Jayson Nix on waivers to the Kansas City Royals. Nix was designated for assignment on Monday to make room for the addition of Jose Tabata to the 40-man roster. Clint Barmes returned from the disabled list that day to take the place of Nix in the infield.
While with the Pirates, Nix hit .111/.158/.111 in 36 at-bats over 16 games.
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball.
When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.
THANKS ROYALS!!!
Ya see, good things do happen for the pirates on the waiver wire.
You won’t have Nix to kick around anymore.
Had some nice Lineouts!!!
Yawn.
I’d take some more losses like this. Anyone interested in Michael Martinez?
LOL we didn’t “lose” him we dumped him.
Nuttting is cheap…lol
So long and thanks for all of the fish