The Angels hope the Jason Grilli they're getting from the Pirates is the version of last year rather than the struggling one of this season.

The Pirates feel the same way about Ernesto Frieri.

The Angels and Pirates swapped the relievers on Friday night, each team optimistic that a change of scenery will allow their new pitchers to revert to their old ways, according to an ESPN.com report.

The Oakland Athletics have acquired Justin Marks from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations.

Oakland has optioned Marks to Triple-A Sacramento.

The Athletics originally drafted Marks in the third round of the 2009 draft.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Bryan Morris to the Miami Marlins in exchange for the 39th overall pick in this week's draft.

Morris will join the Marlins on Monday and is expected to give their struggling bullpen a boost.

Miami traded away their third pick in the draft. They still have six of the first 107 picks.

The Pirates today traded right-handed pitcher Bryan Morris to the Marlins. In exchange for Morris, Pittsburgh will receive Miami’s 39th overall selection (competitive balance A) in this year’s First-Year Player Draft on Thursday. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior VP, GM Neal Huntington.

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“We feel this trade will have a positive impact on our organization in the short, moderate and long term,” said Huntington. “In the short term, this trade will add a quality prospect to our system that will enhance our ability to make additional pros- pect for major league player type deals while helping us to better sustain crucial prospect depth. Additionally, we feel we have made this move from a position of strength as we have kept our core bullpen intact. In the moderate and long term, we add an additional first-round talent that we project to play a significant role on future Pirates’ teams.”

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Pittsburgh will now have 42 selections in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, including four of the first 73 (numbers 24, 39, 64 and 73 entering today).

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The Pirates will make a corresponding move to replace Morris on the 25-man active roster prior to tonight’s game in Los Angeles.