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It Doesn’t Sound Like a Trade For a Reliever is Close

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Ken Rosenthal just tweeted that the Pittsburgh Pirates are working on a deal that is believed to be for a reliever. It obviously leaves a lot of possibilities, but check back for any updates because it looks like the Pirates aren’t waiting for the trading deadline to get deals done. The Aramis Ramirez deal might just be the first of many moves.

UPDATE Friday 2:12 PM: Rosenthal has an update, saying that nothing is close, but that the Pirates have multiple options in play.

The first tweet made it sound like the Pirates were close to making another deal, this time for a reliever. This update kind of just sounds like your normal work during the trade deadline of having multiple discussions, but no actual trade in the works. That said, I’d be surprised if the Pirates were done after adding Aramis Ramirez. They seem to be aggressive early this year, so I wouldn’t be shocked if they make another early trade. We’ll see how it all plays out from here. – Tim

UPDATE 6:09 PM: Joe Frisaro of MLB.com had the following on a trade today where the Cardinals acquired Steve Cishek from the Marlins.

Frisaro, who covers the Marlins, says that the Pirates were in on Cishek. Just going on what we know, it would seem that this was the reliever the Pirates were pursuing last night. Cishek was traded shortly after Rosenthal’s update today, which had a much different tone. So it seems that the Pirates were going after Cishek, didn’t end up getting him, and will now turn to their other options. I guess you could expect them to add a reliever in the next week.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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