The Pittsburgh Pirates could address their two biggest needs in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Improving the offense and bullpen are the clear-cut biggest needs for the Pittsburgh Pirates this offseason.
A trade for players with affordable salaries could be on the ledger, though, and ESPN's David Schoenfield had the Pirates going that route by trading utility player Nick Yorke and catcherfor right-handed hitting first baseman Yandy Díaz and right-handed reliever Pete Fairbanks. Díaz and Fairbanks will make a combined $13.7 million next season. Pittsburgh would be hard-pressed to find a better way to improve the offense and bullpen at a better price.who ranked in the bottom 10 in nearly every hitting stat last season. Díaz, 33, batted.281/.341/.414 with 14 home runs and 65 RBIs. A year prior, he finished in the top 10 in MVP voting after hitting .330/.410/.522 with 22 home runs and 78 RBIs and winning the batting title in the American League.
Yorke only made a brief appearance in the big leagues after being acquired from the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline, playing in 11 games across four different positions and hitting .216/286/.378 with two home runs and five RBIs. Trading Bart could be tough for the Pirates to stomach, though, as he was one of their more consistent hitters last season. Bart had a career season in 2024, posting a 2.2 WAR and batting .265/.337/.462 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs.
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