Left-handed relievers are one of the most sought after commodities in all of Major League Baseball. This offseason, the market for left-handed relievers was thin to begin with. And in the past week, it has just thinned out even further.
The reason it has thinned out further is due to a pair of free agent left-handed relievers signing with new teams. Bret Cecil signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and Marc Rzepczynski signing with the Seattle Mariners. Now the Pittsburgh Pirates could have a very hot commodity on their hands, and that potentially got commodity is Tony Watson.