Welcome to Rum Bunter’s 12 Days of Trademas! On each day between now and the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline, we will profile a player or two who may be a potential trade target for the Pittsburgh Pirates. We will highlight both the cases for and against that player in order to give you the full scope of what acquiring that player might entail.
On this the eighth day of our Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Days of Trademas, we break down a recent rumor that picked up steam on Sunday night. Rob Biertempfel, Pirates’ beat writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, sent out this tweet.