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Greensboro Grasshoppers agree to two-year deal with Pittsburgh Pirates

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Greensboro Grasshoppers outfielder Ricardo Cespedes waits on deck, the Hoppers dugout reflected in his wraparound sunglasses. Cespedes was one of nine men to play right field for the team this summer. The team used 60 players in 2018.

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Seven-year-old Canyon Rumley cheers during a 2014 Greensboro Grasshoppers game. After 16 seasons as a Marlins affiliate, the Hoppers have agreed to a two-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Christian Yelich (7) is greeted at home plate by teammates including fellow future big-leaguers Marcell Ozuna, Isaac Galloway, J.T. Realmuto and Mark Canha after hitting a game-winning home run in the 2011 South Atlantic League playoffs. The Hoppers won the 2011 championship, their only title in 16 years as a Marlins affiliate.

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Affiliations

Greensboro's minor-league parent clubs:

• 1902-31: unaffiliated
• 1932-34: St. Louis Cardinals
• 1941-42: Boston Red Sox
• 1945: Philadelphia Phillies
• 1951-52: Chicago Cubs
• 1953-57: Boston Red Sox
• 1958-68: New York Yankees
• 1979: Cincinnati Reds
• 1980-84: New York Yankees
• 1985-87: Boston Red Sox
• 1988-89: Cincinnati Reds
• 1990-2002: New York Yankees
• 2003-2018: Miami Marlins
• 2019- : Pittsburgh Pirates

Greensboro's minor-league nicknames:

• Farmers 1902, '05
• Champs 1908-10
• Patriots 1911-17, 1920-26, 1928-34, 1945-57, 1968
• Red Sox 1941-42
• Yankees 1958-67
• Hornets 1979-93
• Bats 1994-2004
• Grasshoppers 2005-present

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