You can’t accuse Pirates’ general manager Ben Cherington of being reluctant to pull the trade trigger this winter, as he’s dealt away a majority of the club’s most marketable assets.
But one player who many figured would be reporting to somewhere other than Bradenton, Fla., this week for the start of spring training remains Pirates property, and you have to wonder if that ship has sailed – at least for now.
Adam Frazier, the club’s regular second baseman most of the last three seasons, hasn’t gone anywhere, and after scouring several predicted starting lineups for 2021, it seems the list of potential trade partners has dwindled.