Deal For Pirates Flamethrower Called One Move Pittsburgh ‘Wishes It Could Make’

There isn’t too much time left in the 2024 Major League Baseball regular season.

There are just a few weeks left and the Pittsburgh Pirates are on the outside looking in on the National League Wild Card race. Pittsburgh was right in the mix for a playoff spot around the trade deadline, but the second half of the season hasn’t gone as planned.

Pittsburgh still has a very bright future. The Pirates should be right in the mix for a National League playoff spot next season thanks to all of their exciting, young talent. The Pirates aren’t far away.

With the regular season winding down, Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller put together a list of each team’s dream trade scenarios if they had another chance to make a move this season. In his list, he mentioned a trade involving Aroldis Chapman for the Pirates.

“Pittsburgh Pirates: A Trade of Aroldis Chapman,” Miller said. “At this point, trading away Chapman would only save the Pirates about $1.3M. But, hey, that’s more than they’re paying most of the players on their roster, so why not?

“Chapman had major issues with walks early in the year (32 BB in his first 32.2 IP), but he has only issued five free passes in 20 innings of work over the past two months, resulting in a 2.25 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, and 6.0 K/BB ratio. Suffice it to say, the (New York Yankees) would love a reunion with Chapman right about now.”

This is just a hypothetical as the trade deadline certainly has passed. It’s unclear at this point if Chapman will be back with the team in 2025, though. That will be a question to sort out this upcoming offseason.

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