BOSTON — The Red Sox have traded right-handers Zach Stewart and Sandy Rosario and third baseman Danny Valencia.

In a flurry of moves Wednesday, they dealt Stewart to the Pittsburgh Pirates and Rosario to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named and sent Valencia to the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations.

All three players had been designated for assignment on Nov. 20.

Stewart was 0-2 with a 22.24 ERA in two starts after being obtained from the Chicago White Sox on June 24 for Kevin Youkilis.

The Red Sox had claimed Rosario from the Miami Marlins on Oct. 17.

Valencia was 4-for-28 for Boston last season, batting .143 with one homer and four RBIs.

The Red Sox obtained him from the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 5.

Schilling among those on Hall of Fame ballot

Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling is making his debut on the Hall of Fame ballot this year, though the noted big game pitcher is being overshadowed a bit.

He’s sharing his debut with Barry Bond, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, players whose spectacular numbers are mixed with high profile allegations of performance enhancing drug use.

Schilling doesn’t have Clemens career numbers, but his 216 wins, 3,116 strikeouts and 3.46 ERA earned him a spot on the ballot.

Schilling won three World Series championships, including his “bloody sock” performance for the Boston Red Sox in 2004.

After retiring from baseball, Schilling founded 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt video game company that has been a focus of controversy in Rhode Island, where the state gave the company a $75 million loan guarantee to relocate from Massachusetts.

Greg Colbrunn to coach hitting

The Boston Red Sox have hired Greg Colbrunn as their hitting coach.

They named Colbrunn on Wednesday to replace Dave Magadan, who was hired as hitting coach for the Texas Rangers on Oct. 19 after six years in that position with the Red Sox.

Colbrunn, 43, will be coaching in the majors for the first time. He spent the past six seasons with the New York Yankees Single-A team in Charleston, S.C. He was the team’s manager in 2010 and its hitting coach the other five years.

He played in 992 major-league games for seven teams, mostly as a first baseman, batting .289 with 98 homers and 422 RBIs.