Which would you say is the biggest Pirates move from this offseason?
Francisco Liriano! Yeah, you remember his 16-8, 3.02 ERA, 3.2 bWAR year for the Pirates, right? In 2013, that was.
So they’re putting the band back together, what with that and the re-signing of Kang, who was cleared to play again in the USA after his drunk driving conviction in Korea. Kang actually played in three games for the Pirates late last year. But he will be 32 just after Opening Day, and who knows whether he can replicate the success he had in Pittsburgh in 2015 and 2016.