LAS VEGAS -- The Pirates almost always listen to offers for players nearing free agency, so it comes as no surprise that they are at least willing to consider trading someone as important to their team as catcher Francisco Cervelli.
But on the first full day of the Winter Meetings, general manager Neal Huntington didn't sound especially eager to part with pending free agents Corey Dickerson, Ivan Nova and Cervelli.
"We don't look to trade players just because they're in their last year [of their contracts]. But if it makes sense to us to continue the chain and be able to reallocate some of those dollars, we'll always listen," Huntington said Monday at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.