By the time the dust from the Joe Musgrove trade had settled, it turned into a three-team swap between the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets.
The Padres sent left-handed pitcher Joey Lucchesi to the Pirates, who flipped the southpaw to the Mets for catcher Endy Rodriguez.
In total, the Pirates received four players in the trade – Rodriguez, David Bednar, Omar Cruz and Hudson Head. While Bednar paid immediate dividends to the major league club, you can make a case that he didn’t have the best 2021 of the players involved in the trade.