After the season, the Pirates traded Cuyler to the Cubs.

Throughout the 2009 season, the Pirates once again traded a large portion of their major-league roster, mostly for groups of prospects.

The Pirates since have traded him to Cleveland.

Eventually, the Pirates did trade him, to the Cleveland Indians on December 9, 1980.

The Pirates traded him to Seattle following the 1978 season, then traded for him a year later.

On January 4, 2011, he was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations.

The Pirates then traded him to Baltimore, where he batted .268, hit 12 home runs and drove in 45 runs last season.

But he was hitting .277 when the Pirates traded him to the Chicago Cubs on July 22.

During the 1989 season, the Pirates traded Merchant to the Seattle Mariners as a part of a five-player deal.

He wore Sanguillen's No. 35 jersey until the Pirates traded for Sanguillen a year later.