{"id":519487,"date":"2026-01-14T06:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519487\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:16:25","slug":"pirates-trade-chase-shugart-to-phillies-for-third-base-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519487\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Trade Chase Shugart to Phillies for Third Base Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shugart-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chase Shugart, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Photo provided by Matt Lynch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded right-handed reliever Chase Shugart to the Philadelphia Phillies for third base prospect Francisco Loreto. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates-dfa-chase-shugart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shugart had been designated for assignment<\/a> by the Pirates last week to make room on the 40-man roster for first baseman\/outfielder Ryan O\u2019Hearn. <\/p>\n<p>Shugart made 35 appearances out of the bullpen for Pittsburgh last offseason and went 4-3 with a 3.40 ERA while holding opponents to a .206 batting average. The 29-year-old earned his first big-league win on April 22 against the Los Angeles Angels. <\/p>\n<p>Loreto, 18, played 47 games in the Florida Complex League in 2025 and slashed .237\/.332\/.396 with 10 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 16 RBI and two stolen bases. He hit .230 with a .680 OPS in 30 games in the Dominican Summer League in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>The Phillies signed him as an amateur free agent from Venezuela in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/chase-shugart\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Shugart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/francisco-loreto\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francisco Loreto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories\">More about: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pirates-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Matt Lynch The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded right-handed reliever Chase Shugart to the Philadelphia Phillies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,8637,68751,4,144,25,4216,40,64],"class_list":["post-519487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-philadelphia-phillies","tag-baseball","tag-chase-shugart","tag-francisco-loreto","tag-mlb","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-philadelphiaphillies","tag-phillies","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115891993854082729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}