SNY<\/a>. “If they were to look at making a deal for someone like Brett Baty, it may involve pitching. It may have to first be something where they deal someone from their rotation, open up a spot, get someone else, do some maneuvering.”<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Despite that, Pittsburgh\u2019s lineup has improved, but the lack of consistent options has remained one of the biggest questions still heading into spring. When I look at where the Pirates have struggled offensively, run production, slugging, and more, it\u2019s easy to see why a trade for Vientos makes sense..<\/p>\n
Ryan Shea recently proposed one, but it feels like a deal that wouldn\u2019t make much sense.<\/p>\n
Pirates Acquire: Vientos<\/p>\n
Mets Acquire: Bubba Chandler, Jhostynxon Garcia<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Pirates would pursue this trade to acquire Mark Vientos, a middle-of-the-order bat who could provide an immediate offensive boost,\u201d Shea wrote. \u201cPittsburgh has struggled to generate consistent power and run production, and Vientos\u2019 ability to hit for extra bases and drive in RBIs addresses that need.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBy trading Bubba Chandler and Jhostynxon Garc\u00eda, the Pirates give up future pitching and hitting upside for a proven bat who can contribute right away, helping accelerate their rebuild and make their lineup more competitive in the near term.\u201d<\/p>\n
From a surface-level roster fit, it makes sense.<\/p>\n
Vientos would add a young bat to this lineup and has shown at points throughout his career that he can swing it, despite some struggles. He\u2019d instantly become one of Pittsburgh\u2019s top hitters and could fit in well with this young core.<\/p>\n
However, when looking at some of his struggles and the idea of trading Chandler just makes no sense to me.<\/p>\n
Chandler has a chance to be really good and I\u2019d want a lot better of a player than Vientos if the Pirates were to go that route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates reportedly have interest in Mark Vientos of the New York Mets, but it takes two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,358,707,19257,228,4,61,10,776,64,4297,75196],"class_list":{"0":"post-571536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brett-baty","10":"tag-bubba-chandler","11":"tag-jhostynxon-garcia","12":"tag-mark-vientos","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-pirates","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","18":"tag-pittsburghpirates","19":"tag-ryan-shea"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116067104487604135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}