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Winter Meetings Day One: Are the Pirates Sellers?

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The MLB Winter Meetings have officially kicked off, with today being the first day, and potentially leading to the first moves. The biggest revelation this week for the Pirates will be their direction, and whether they are sellers or buyers. We may or may not find out the answer to that today. However, the early rumors and speculation has the team looking to sell.

First, there was Ken Rosenthal outright speculating yesterday that he thinks the Pirates will be sellers this week, and could trade Andrew McCutchen.

That is just speculation, and far from a guarantee, but Rosenthal is the most connected baseball reporter, so his opinion and feel on this would have some weight.

Then there were some rumors surrounding Josh Harrison. Marc Carig of Newsday says that the Mets are looking for second basemen, and that they might explore a trade for Josh Harrison during the Winter Meetings. He also says that Ian Kinsler and Jason Kipnis are targets.

Bill Brink of the Post-Gazette also reports that the Mets have some interest, and adds the Blue Jays to that mix as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean the Pirates are sellers, since this is just a report that two teams are interested in one of their players. But you’d have to believe that teams exploring a trade for one of the Pirates’ starting position players are going in with the assumption that the Pirates will be selling, and probably for good reason.

Again, we have no confirmation of what direction the Pirates are heading in, but some strong early predictions and indications have them as sellers this week.

We’ll be keeping track of all of the news and rumors this week, along with analysis on any transaction that takes place.

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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