Over the last few years, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been competitive. This has led to many fans pressing for the Bucs to make that one big move. A move to give the team a legitimate shot at the World Series. We saw this when there were talks with the Red Sox for Jon Lester and talks with the Tampa Bay Rays for David Price, both in 2014. Both time, the rumors were strong and it seemed the Bucs were going to land a top flight pitcher, but both times there was no deal.
Again, fans were upset when they didn’t make a major acquisition for the 98 win team in 2015.