With one half of a Pittsburgh Pirates offseason prophecy now fulfilled, fans might want to revisit the other half. On Dec. 2, MLB.com’s Alex Stumpf predicted that the two non-Mitch Keller pitchers most likely to get traded by the Pirates were Johan Ovideo and Thomas Harrington. Ovideo was traded 48 hours later to the Boston Red Sox.
Is Harrington next? The former No. 36 overall pick was not long ago considered one of baseball’s top pitching prospects, but a difficult 2025 took a toll on his value. Nonetheless, at 24 years old, Harrington still has a ton of upside, making him an attractive change-of-scenery candidate.