Today marks one week until the 2018 MLB Winter Meetings kick off in earnest. With just seven days left, where do the Pittsburgh Pirates stand in terms of pursuing improvements across the diamond?
Left-Handed Reliever
There is not much new that is trickling out of 115 Federal Street in terms of names bandied about for left-handed reliever help. The team still has interest in Jerry Blevins and Jake Diekman, and could also open up to some non-tenders such as Xavier Cedeno, who has piqued the club’s interest in the past.
The truth is, the relief market, and especially the lefty relief market, always carries a bit of a Wild West feel.