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Melancon receiving interest as trade deadline nears

MILWAUKEE — With less than 72 hours to go before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, the Pirates are receiving interest in Mark Melancon, and the sense from some industry is that it’s not impossible that they move him.

They could try to pull off a similar move to what the Yankees just did with Aroldis Chapman, when they sent him to the Cubs for Gleyber Torres, a shortstop prospect Baseball America ranked 27th in baseball in their midseason update, along with an MLB-ready piece in Adam Warren and two other players.