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P2Daily: Trading One Month of 2022 For the Entire 2028 Season

We’ve all been here before.

It’s a right of passage every Spring Training.

[Top Prospect Close to the Majors] gets sent down, and some Pittsburgh Pirates fans put the team on blast, while others explain the long-term benefits of such a move to the team.

Apologists.

The Pirates aren’t winning in 2022, and under MLB’s new rules — which are the same as the old rules — they can get an extra year of control of Cruz if they keep him in Triple-A for a month in 2022.

Trade one month of a losing 2022 for one year of [Top Prospect] in his prime — who wouldn’t take that deal?