Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington addressed the media via conference call about the Joakim Soria trade. We'll have some notes on Soria in that article shortly. During the call, Huntington noted that the Pirates don't plan on adding a starting pitcher via trade at the deadline.
“We don’t see the ability to acquire somebody that drops into the rotation ahead of our current starters at this time," Huntington said. "As we sit here right now, obviously, things can change. Given the acquisition costs of starter out there, we went with the move we went with.”
The Pirates don't have a big need for starting pitching this year.