LAS VEGAS -- At 5 p.m. Eastern Thursday, major league baseball free agency will officially, as players will be allowed to sign with other teams.
And while the Pirates aren't going to be one of the major shakers in the league, going after one of the top free agents who will command a nine-figure salary, they are going to be active.
“We want to improve it," Ben Cherington told me at the Rose Terrace of the Conrad Las Vegas hotel at Resorts World, the home of the general manager meetings. "We’re exploring every way we can to do that.