Mitch Keller, Pittsburgh Pirates and MLB Mock Trade
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The Yankees have the fourth-best record in the AL, while the Pirates are third-worst in the NL. Furthermore, Pittsburgh hasn’t made the playoffs since 2015, while New York won the AL pennant last season. The former is rebuilding, while the latter is in win-now mode.
An MLB insider believes the Chicago Cubs trading for Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller could make some sense.
It’s been mostly quiet on the trade front so far for the Pirates ahead of Thursday’s Trade Deadline, with the only move being sending Adam Frazier back to the Royals. That could, if not should, change in the coming days.
One of whom is two-time All-Star closer David Bednar, who The Athletic’s Stephen J. Nesbitt predicts will no longer be a Pirate after Thursday.
Less than three full days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mitch Keller to the hill against the Giants in what potentially could be his final start with the club. Keller, a 2014 draft pick by Pittsburgh and the most tenured member of the Pirates,
The Pittsburgh Pirates are readying for a busy MLB trade deadline on July 31 and looking for the best future talent they can land that will benefit
The Pittsburgh Pirates could be active at the trade deadline. There's a chance they look to cut ties with one of their better starting pitchers in a trade, too.
Starting pitcher Paul Skenes and center fielder Oneil Cruz are the only two players the Pittsburgh Pirates consider off limits in trades, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
The Pirates claim they see the need to bolster their position player core through impactful trades. Whether they'll act on that is unclear.
The Texas Rangers look to be aggressive ahead of the trade deadline and are rumored to be in on a Pittsburgh Pirates reliever.
In Ken Rosenthal's deep dive into the situation at hand for The Athletic, he assessed if and will the Pirates actually rip the band-aid off and trade the guy. The argument behind moving on from Keller is to help this team in dire need of bats get something of that variety at the deadline.