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Buy? Sell Vazquez for prospects? Huntington stays noncommittal

Neal Huntington wouldn't come close to committing whether the Pirates will be buyers or sellers at Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline.

Which meant, basically, that it was a day ending in Y.

In this case, it was Sunday at his weekly gathering with reporters in the PNC Park press box, one in which he did little more than reiterate being open to either option: He'll entertain offers to sell, but he'll also look to buy if there's the right match.

"The interesting part about that is that you're buying either way. It's just, are you buying for the present?