It appears that we have reached that point in the offseason where a fairly measured note about the Pittsburgh Pirates “keeping tabs” on a power-hitting third baseman spirals into a full-blown offseason meltdown.
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette made what seemed like a pretty reasonable observation: with Kazuma Okamoto heading to the Toronto Blue Jays, attention could shift to Eugenio Suárez — a slugger who happens to fill the Pirates’ biggest need and happens to be available.
Cue the internet turning that into: "THE PIRATES ARE LOCKED IN ON SUÁREZ.