Jon Heyman stirred the pot this week when he dropped that the Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in Ketel Marte, turning Pirates Twitter into a conspiracy lab. Of course, Heyman later announced that the Pirates are on Marte's no-trade list, thus ending the firestorm he started. But who's counting?
Nobody actually believed Ben Cherington could've pulled off the trade anyhow, which would likely need to come at the cost of a top pitching prospect like Bubba Chandler or Seth Hernandez –– but the rumor still matters. Because if the Pirates are window-shopping for second basemen, what does that say about the guy who’s already playing there?