MLB: Two Pirates pitchers that could be traded once the strike is lifted

After his third consecutive season at the last place in the NL Central, the Pittsburgh Pirates they are still immersed in a massive reconstruction. Competing in 2022 seems implausible, and it remains to be seen if there is enough internal talent to be competitive in 2023.

Apart from maybe Bryan Reynolds and Ke’Bryan HayesPittsburgh believes that he will at least be willing to accept offers for anyone at the current Major League Baseball club. Once the lockout is over, they seem likely to draw calls from their rivals to a couple of their best relievers: David Bednar and Chris Stratton:

Bednar is a fairly recent business acquisition, one of five young players Pittsburgh added this offseason in the deal that sent Joe Musgrove to the Padres. That proved to be an expert change for general manager Ben Cherington and his staff, as Bednar was quietly one of the league’s best relievers in 2021.

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Comparatively, there is more urgency for the Bucs to trade Stratton. The right is now 31 years old and has more than four years of service to his credit. Without changes in the configuration of the time of service, it would be controllable other two seasons by means of refereeing. MLB Trade Rumors contributor Matt Swartz projects Stratton for a salary in the $ 2.2MM range for next season.

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even a friendly NBA 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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