PLAYING TIME: Hurdle extends Tabata a shot at RF

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Pirates | Jose Tabata to have chance to be everyday player
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle indicated OF Jose Tabata will be given the chance to win the everyday right field job.  Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Rob Biertempfel
 
BHQ take: This will be a test of manager Hurdle's patience, as Tabata only had 9 games on his rehab assignment and hit .179 with a K every 4 AB. Tabata's best asset is speed, but this year his SX has fallen below 100. He was dealing with a sore hamstring in early May, so it remains to be seen if this is a skill decline or not. The move...

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