In a recent development, the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to start exploring extensions with their young players. More specifically, ones with less than 3 years of service time at the MLB level. This news broke with the following Tweet from reporter Jon Heyman:
Now, nothing is officially done yet. But this is something I have said the Pirates need to start doing. Extending their young players before they become too expensive to keep. Not only should the Pirates start doing this, but it’s a trend we have seen in recent seasons.
Just this off-season, the Chicago White Sox extended 26-year-old relief pitcher Aaron Bummer, and consensus top 3 prospect in baseball Luis Robert.