In a rather unsurprising move, the Pittsburgh Pirates flipped one of the assets they acquired in Wednesday's Ke'Bryan Hayes trade in the final hours leading up to Thursday's trade deadline.
After spending roughly 24 hours as a member of the Pirates organization, veteran southpaw reliever Taylor Rogers was flipped to the division rival Chicago Cubs – his third National League Central team in the last two days – in exchange for minor league outfielder Ivan Brethrowr.
On the surface, it makes sense; Rogers is 34 years old and on an expiring contract, so he isn't going to be of any use to a Pirates team that has already punted to next year (or, realistically, beyond).