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From: sgm@cmu-cs-g.ARPA (Sherri Menees)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Tekulve for Holland
Message-ID: <265@cmu-cs-g.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 13:55:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 13:55:19 1985
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Tekulve was very happy in Pittsburgh, and was one of only 
three Pirates living in Pittsburgh.  The Phillies were less happy with 
Holland showing up to spring training about 35 pounds overweight.  Chuck
Tanner, Pittsburgh manager, had also lost some confidence in Teke's ability 
as a stopper, especially since Don Robinson has become the first right-hander 
out of the bullpen.  Teke is a pitcher who needs to pitch a lot to be 
effective.  Teke also had a long-term, fairly expensive contract.  Holland
will be a free agent at the end of this year, and it's not likely that the
Pirates will sign him.  If he has a good year, the Pirates won't be able to 
afford him, and if he has a bad year, the Pirates won't want him/

It's not entirely clear why the Pirates traded for Holland, a left-hander.
Pete Peterson, the GM, said that the Pirates got Holland to allow John 
Candelaria to return to the starting rotation, but Tanner says he has no
plans to put Candy back in the starting rotation.  So far, Candy has been
fairly effective in the bullpen.  So, now the Pirates have three lefties in 
the bullpen: Candelaria, Holland, and Rod Scurry.  MY hope is that Peterson
will be able to trade Scurry for something the Pirates need, like a shortstop.