Pirates bring back most obvious non-tender candidate in disappointing move

Pittsburgh Pirates v Chicago Cubs | Michael Reaves/GettyImagesJust when Pittsburgh Pirates fans dared to imagine — imagine! — a winter where Ben Cherington operated like an MLB general manager instead of a cost-cutting hall monitor, he reached into his bag of predictable tricks and pulled out… a $1.25 million deal for Jack Suwinski.

Congratulations, Pirates fans. We have officially reached mid-November, and the biggest swing of the offseason so far is keeping the guy who struck out more than a weed whacker in tall grass.

Let’s not overthink this. Suwinski is the kind of player who hits the longest home runs you’ll see all year –– but he only hits them about once a month and proceeds to go…