Here’s the thing Pittsburgh Pirates fans know better than anyone: you don’t fix everything in one winter — but you can at least stop the bleeding. And after trading away Mike Burrows and Johan Oviedo, the back end of the rotation suddenly feels… thin.
Not disastrous. Not panic-worthy. Just thin enough that you can see the cracks forming if things go sideways. That’s why the idea of a familiar veteran arm returning to Pittsburgh on a one-year deal to help stabilize the rotation in 2026 actually makes a lot of sense — even if it doesn’t set Twitter on fire.