Pittsburgh Pirates: Designated Hitter Coming Soon?

The Pittsburgh Pirates are less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting. However, there could be a major change coming.

The Pittsburgh Pirates most glaring hole is at shortstop, that is well known at this point in the offseason. It a position that the team has had all offseason to fill, but they have not really seemed eager to do so. Part of this is because there are not any easy ways to fill the position. The free agent class outside of Machado was very mediocre, and there are not exactly a bunch of teams looking to trade their premium shortstop.

However, it is sounding like there could potentially be another hole in the lineup that needs to be filled. The designated hitter…