With Ke’Bryan Hayes signed through potentially the 2030 season, the Pirates have a potential cornerstone for their next competitive team in place for the decade.
He can’t be the only one, something that Bob Nutting told me point blank Tuesday: “We need more talented players” like Hayes.
Hayes sounds confident in what the Pirates are building. So confident that he was willing to sign away the prime of his career to the organization.
And he’s also confident that he isn’t going to be the only player the Pirates sign to a big-money contract.