The Pittsburgh Pirates' trade deadline saw the team trade away long-time fan favorites in Ke'Bryan Hayes and David Bednar, a controllable starting pitcher in Bailey Falter, and others, while retaining a trio of veterans on expiring contracts (Andrew Heaney, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and Tommy Pham). The consensus among Pirates fans is that general manager Ben Cherington botched this trade season horrifically.
That opinion isn't unique to just the Bucco Faithful.
The Pirates' trade deadline was so bad that national media members are starting to get involved in the discourse. The most prominent example of this came from FanSided's MLB insider Robert Murray, who went off on Cherington and the Pirates on a live episode of The Baseball Insiders over the weekend at The National Collectors Convention in Chicago.