Ron Maranaccio, on the 19th of July, five days ago, was designated for assignment by the Padres, which means they were getting rid of him.

Four days later, yesterday, and your club gave up a lot to get him.

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Let's lay out the trade that's going to save this bullpen.

Here's the entire exchange.

Maranaccio, 31-year-old right-handed reliever, comes to Pittsburgh from San Diego in exchange for $500,000 in international signing bonus pool space.

I'm going to get to that in a second.

It's also worth noting, especially since he was supposed to be a big part of this team,

that Dennis Santana was DFAed to clear the roster spot for Maranaccio, who is on his way to Pittsburgh and could

be available for the weekend series against the Cubs beginning tonight at PNC Park.

Unlike the old days of the Wild Wild West, when it comes to international

signing bonuses, every team is now limited. They're capped, to put it another way, and

one of the things that you can trade in baseball is a future element is your cap space or some of your cap space from this pool.

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