The Pirates have considered dealing for Mike Napoli and/or Shane Victorino of the Red Sox, Rob Biertempfel tweets.
Napoli hasn't hit this year, but he has a few things going for him. He's got a good offensive track record, first of all, and a vanishingly small .247 BABIP this year (although with some disconcerting trends in his batted-ball data). He's right-handed, so he can complement Pedro Alvarez, assuming the Pirates don't trade Alvarez in the next week. Also, he's solid defensively. There's no reason for the Red Sox to expect to get much for him, either, so the Pirates should, at least theoretically, expect to get him fairly cheaply, likely with the Red Sox even taking on some of the approximately $8 million remaining on his contract.