{"id":16088,"date":"2020-01-27T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=16088"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:47:16","slug":"pirates-trade-starling-marte-to-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2020\/01\/27\/pirates-trade-starling-marte-to-diamondbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates trade Starling Marte to Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, January 27, 2020, the Pirates traded Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop Liover Peguero and pitcher Brennan Malone \u2014 in addition to $250,000 in international pool money. We went back in the archives to take a look back at his eight-season run in Pittsburgh. Read more about the trade from the Post-Gazette’s Nubyjas Wilborn here<\/a>, and watch highlights on video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Starling Marte, playing for Leones del Escogido, talks with teammates in the batting cage before a game Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates left fielder Starling Marte takes part in batting practice as he returns from his 80-game suspension to face the Brewers Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates left fielder Starling Marte signs autographs during batting practice as he returns from his 80-game suspension to face the Brewers Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte (6) gets a high-five from teammate Garrett Jones after Marte scored a run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning in a baseball game, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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PIttsburgh Pirates players watch as medical staff examine Pirates batter Starling Marte’s left hand after he was hit by a pitch from Colorado Rockies pitcher Josh Outman in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Denver on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Colorado beat Pittsburgh 6-4.(AP Photo\/Joe Mahoney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte hits a solo home run off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 14, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo\/Al Behrman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte (6) catches stands with teammate Ike Davis (15) after being called out at home after hitting a triple off San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Hudson and attempting to score on a throwing error by Giants second baseman Ehire Adrianza that got by Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The play was reviewed and the call was reversed, giving Marte the game-winning run. The Pirates won 2-1. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Starling Marte, playing for Leones del Escogido, takes photos with children Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in the Dominican Republic. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates owner Bob Nutting welcomes back left fielder Starling Marte as he returns from his 80-game suspension to face the Brewers Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates Starling Marte slides to make a catch on Brewers Ryan Braun to end the first inning Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates senior pitching coordinator Scott Mitchell greets Starling Marte, who’s playing for the Dominican Republic against his MLB team Wednesday. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates center fielder Starling Marte lays down a bunt against the Brewers in the fourth inning Sunday, June 2, 2019, at PNC Park. Marte reached third base on an error. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Starling Marte catches a fly ball at the wall hit by Washington Nationals’ Adam LaRoche during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Nick Wass) PUBLISHED CAPTION: Nick Wass\/Associated PressLeft fielder Starling Marte goes to the wall to catch a ball hit by Washingtons Adam LaRoche in the second inning Tuesday night against the Nationals in Washington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates centerfielder Starling Marte stops to sign autographs before the Bucs take on the Blue Jays Feb. 27, 2012, in Dunedin, Fla. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte(6), Andrew McCutchen and Travis Snider(23) react after the final out against the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning of a baseball game onSunday, May 26, 2013, in Milwaukee. Pittsburgh won 5-4. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey Phelps) PUBLISHED CAPTION: Jeffrey Phelps\/Associated PressThe Pirates Starling Marte (front left), Andrew McCutchen (behind) and Travis Snider (right) celebrate after the final out against the Brewers Sunday in Milwaukee. The Pirates won, 5-4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, January 27, 2020, the Pirates traded Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop Liover Peguero and pitcher Brennan Malone \u2014 in addition to $250,000 in international pool money. We went back in the archives to take a look back at his eight-season run in Pittsburgh. Read more about the trade… <\/p>\n

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