They also signed Jon Van Every to a minor league deal. He’s a AAAA-type OF who’s been with the Red Sox and is currently out for the year due to knee surgery. According to this, he expects to get a shot at the Pirates’ major league roster next year. He looks like an improved version of Jeff Salazar.

From http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/parsonage-turner-syndrome :

PTS is usually characterized by the sudden onset of severe one-sided shoulder pain, followed by paralysis of the shoulder and lack of muscle control in the arm, wrist, or hand several days later.

Terrible news for anyone, let alone a pitcher. Hopefully Hansen gets through it somehow.

I feel terrible for Hansen, There’s a good chance he’ll never pitch again. So with the Bay trade, we’re down to LaRoche, Moss and Morris. I suppose with any luck, the Bay slump will continue and make it look closer to a draw of a trade.

Considering that I follow the Pirates’ minor leagues pretty closely, attend Indians games on a semi-regular basis, and had no idea that Koplov pitched in the Pirates org until today, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this was a nifty trade. Highly unlikely anything will come of it, but a useless 22 year old flier is better than a useless 32 year old.