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Pirates Discussion: From MLB Draft to the Trade Deadline

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There weren’t any MLB or affiliate games on Wednesday, and there also weren’t any draft signings.

Thursday will have a few MLB teams beginning their post All-Star break schedule, but the Pittsburgh Pirates don’t start back up again till Friday.

Not much else going on, other than mostly simmering feelings about the draft. There are a few rumors swirling around Daniel Vogelbach, mostly surrounding the New York Mets inquiring on the first baseman.

With regards to trades, the one aspect I miss is the ability to trade International slot money. The International market is actually a bit of a hot topic this week. The MLB and MLBPA have a deadline of July 25th to come to an agreement on a draft, or it returns to the status quo. MLB’s proposal would institute an International draft in 2024, whereas the MLBPA proposal would begin the draft in 2023.

This would’ve been a great year to still have the ability to trade slot money, as majority of the Pirates presumed “assets” don’t appear to likely draw much of a return.

Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Raised in Cranberry Twp, PA, Jeff attended Kent State University and worked in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, before moving to New Orleans in September of 2012. His background is as an Engineering Designer, but he has always had a near unhealthy passion for Pittsburgh sports. Hockey and Baseball are his 1A and 1B, combined with his mathematical background, it's led to Jeff's desire in diving into analytics. Jeff is known as Bucs'N'Pucks in the comments, and began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2022 after contributing so many useful bits of information in the comment section.

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