PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Odd enough the Pirates would take a player off waivers from a team worse than them, but there is another odd Pittsburgh connection.
Pirates claimed right-handed pitcher Eric Hanhold Wednesday from the Baltimore Orioles. The 28-year-old was acquired by the Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for NEIL WALKER in September of 2017. Orioles picked up Hanhold off waivers from New York in September of 2019.
He’s 6’5”, 210-pounds from Barlett, Tennessee picked in the sixth round by the Brewers in 2015 out of the University of Florida.
He made 25 relief appearances in 2021 for AAA Norfolk going 1-1 with a 5.19 ERA, striking out 27 and walking 16 with a 1.69 WHIP and .277 batting average against. Hanhold spent 2019 in the minors and between AA and AAA went 5-4 with a 3.84 ERA in 48 relieve appearances with 54 strikeouts to 26 walks in 63.1 innings.
The righty pitched in three games with the Mets in 2018 going 2.1 innings, four hits, two runs with two strikeouts and a walk with a 2.14 WHIP. He made 10 appearances this past season with the Orioles, 0-0, 6.97 ERA, 10.1 innings, three walks, four wild pitches and six strikeouts.