Trade Rumors – Marte and the Padres
Of all the teams in the Starling Marte trade battle, the Padres have the higher quality and higher quantity of prospects to easily pull it off. You have to assume that MacKenzie Gore and Taylor
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Trade Rumors – Starling Marte and the D-Backs?
The Diamondbacks are a fairly recent addition to the Starling Marte trade rumors and they actually have some useful pieces the Pirates could be interested in. Pirates needs are Catching Pitching and Third Base. In
Trade Rumor – Starling Marte the Mets, forget Nimmo
Talk of the Mets and Pirates interest the past day or two about Starling Marte has picked up some steam. Nearly all suggested trade scenarios benefit the Mets greatly, not so much for the Pirates.
Free Agents – Shaw and Nelson
The Brewers have non-tendered Travis Shaw and Jimmy Nelson this week. They could be good fits for low cost bounce back candidates. Nelson in 2017 was one of the better pitchers in the league. CY-Young
Trade Target – Ian Happ and Victor Caratini
Ian Happ has been stuck coming off the bench despite having pretty fair showings in his limited playing time. Victor Caratini is stuck behind Contreras and could be available. Both would be an upgrade to
Trade Value of Josh Bell? What would it take?
Josh Bell finally seemed to get his bat worked out putting his contact and power together. Giving us the offensive potential we where looking for the past few years. But now, there are many talking
Free Agent Mark – Dallas Keuchel
Dallas Keuchel may not be what he once was but should still be a valuable pick up for nearly every rotation across the league. Given that fact, the likely hood of him signing in Pittsburgh
What is Ben Cherington’s story?
Before going on, I want to take a minute to recognize Jason Rollison for his contribution to the Pirates community. Jason wrote for many websites, RumBunter on fansided, BucsDugout on Vox on to the Athletic,
Free Agent Mark – Mike Moustakas
UPDATE: Signed with the Reds. Pirates got poor performance out to of the third base position in 2019 both with the bat and the glove, in order to compete they need to upgrade. Colin Moran
Free Agent Mark – Jake Odorizzi
EDIT 11/15/2019: Jake is likely accepting the qualifying offer from the Twins and is off the market. With Jameson Taillon out for 2020 and possible issues beyond should things go poorly with his recovery the