Williams: Ben Cherington’s Pittsburgh Pirates Trade History

Today at 6:00 PM EST is the MLB trade deadline.

The Pirates have already made probably their biggest move in dealing Jose Quintana and Chris Stratton last night. They also traded Daniel Vogelbach for Colin Holderman. I’d expect more moves today before the deadline passes.

As we wait for the moves to be finalized, I wanted to take a look back at the trades made under Ben Cherington in the two years leading up to this season. It’s still early for results, but we have an idea of where some of the earlier deals are now heading.

Starling Marte for Liover Peguero and Brennan Malone

This was the first deal under Ben Cherington, made before the 2020 season and before the pandemic shut things down.…