The Pittsburgh Pirates had an answer at shortstop.....until they didn’t.
Despite the platitudes and public votes of confidence, general manager Neal Huntington is not as sold on his shortstop options (chiefly, Erik Gonzalez and Kevin Newman) as he has led the public to believe. No harm in that. You don’t want to tip your hand, after all.
But now, consider Huntington’s cards to be laid bare on the table. WTM chronicled the New York Post’s report that the Pirates have “big interest” in free agent shortstop Freddy Galvis. That report backed up previous reporting by John Perrotto of DK Pittsburgh Sports and myself that detailed the interest.