BRADENTON, Fla. – When asked Wednesday if the Pirates had discussed a long-term contract during arbitration negotiations, Bryan Reynolds said, “I haven’t heard anything about it.”
After reaching out to sources, I can report it more definitively: No, there were no multi-year discussions at all leading up to the deadline to exchange salary figures Tuesday. The Pirates made long-term offers in 2020 and 2021, but not this year.
And according to a league source, going off of a precedent, if a multi-year discussion hasn’t happened by the time salary figures are filed with the league, the odds are pretty low of it starting now.