The Pittsburgh Pirates officially lost Colin Holderman to the Cleveland Guardians in free agency this week, a move that—if you had told fans in, say, April of last season—might have caused a few raised eyebrows.
After all, Holderman came to Pittsburgh as part of the Daniel Vogelbach trade in 2022, pitched some genuinely solid innings at times, and entered this winter as a projected $1.7 million arbitration guy. That’s not nothing for a reliever in Pittsburgh’s world.
And yet, here we are: Holderman's gone, and the city of Pittsburgh collectively shrugged. Because let's be honest… his 2025 season rewrote his value.