The Pittsburgh Pirates finally pulled the trigger on a real, honest-to-God upside swing — sending Johan Oviedo and Tyler Samaniego to the Boston Red Sox for top-100 prospect Jhostynxon Garcia (and Jesús Travieso). For a franchise that never cashes in pitching depth for a young, controllable impact bat, this was the kind of move fans have been begging for.
Power upside? Team control? Youth? Sign us up. But somehow, even when the Pirates make the right type of trade… they also manage to shine a spotlight the size of the Roberto Clemente Bridge on one of their biggest structural flaws.