Since Monday, the Pirates have jettisoned away their four longest-tenured player -- including trading Jacob Stallings to the Marlins -- signed a replacement catcher in Roberto Pérez and made their final 40-man roster decisions. All of this comes just before the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players association and Major League Baseball expires Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m.
On Wednesday, Ben Cherington was made available to local media via Zoom to discuss what has been one of the busiest 72-hour stretches of his time as Pirates general manager.
ON TRADING STALLINGS
Cherington had received calls on Stallings back during the July trade deadline, and the Marlins in particular remained persistent.