As the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to do battle in Game 3 of the World Series tonight, Major League Baseball keeps getting closer to the start of free agency. When free agency arrives, the Pittsburgh Pirates will have no bigger need than shortstop. And a glove first veteran could be a target of theirs.
28-year-old Jose Iglesias made his MLB debut for the Red Sox in 2011, before being traded to the Detroit Tigers in the summer of 2013. The one time top prospect is a player Neal Huntington had interest in when the Bucs traded Joel Hanrahan to the Red Sox in the winter of 2012, but, obviously, Huntington was unable to pry him away from the Sox.