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Ask BD: Will the Pirates re-sign Joakim Soria?

Hey all, thanks for your questions, and feel free to keep asking -- I haven't even read them all yet, so I might do a third round. Here was Round One.

BMcFerren: How much will Joakim Soria cost if the Pirates trade Mark Melancon?

Soria is an established reliever who's pitched in eight seasons and hasn't really been bad in any of them, and he has closing experience. So I don't think he'll be cheap. My guess is that he'll get a three-year deal, which the Pirates likely won't want to match, since Soria is already 31 and the Pirates seem to believe pretty strongly in their ability to find cheap, effective bullpen arms in unexpected places.