Pirates pick Cherington to be GM

In 2013, the Pirates snapped a streak of two decades of losing and Ben Cherington's Red Sox captured the World Series. Now they will team up to try to recapture that magic.

Sources told DKPittsburghSports.com earlier Friday that Cherington was the Pirates preferred choice for their next general manager. Now it is official.

Ben Cherington has accepted the job and is the Pirates’ new GM @JMackeyPG 1st

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 15, 2019

A introductory press conference is expected Monday.

The search for a new general manager began after Pirates owner Bob Nutting fired Neal Huntington on Oct. 28. He waited to make the move after new team president Travis Williams was in place, signaling a…