The non-waiver trade deadline is at the end of this week, meaning we can expect a ton of trade rumors, and probably some action from the Pirates this week leading up to the deadline. The Pirates have already made their first move, landing Aramis Ramirez last week in exchange for Yhonathan Barrios. Don't expect them to stop at that one move.
“We’re exploring basically everything, and trying to find what the acquisition costs are, in our mind, both on the field from a production standpoint but also being sensitive to the clubhouse and what move X or Y would do to our expected production as well as the intangibles," Neal Huntington said on Sunday.