If you’re a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, your head is probably spinning right now—and not because of some splashy free-agent signing or shocking trade. No, it’s because the Pirates just did one of the most confusing, contradictory things imaginable by tendering Dennis Santana while somehow still telling the world that they're shopping for a closer this offseason.
Make it make sense. Please. Someone. Anyone.
Last week, MLB insider Jeff Passan listed the Pirates as one of the teams expected to be active in a "reliever-hungry market" for the handful of closers available in free agency; and when Passan reports something, it’s not rumor.