Many MLB teams are afraid of trading with their division rivals, but not the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n
After sending Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes<\/a> to the Cincinnati Reds last summer, the Pirates made another trade<\/a> with the Reds this week, swapping right-handed relief pitcher Kyle Nicolas for utilityman Tyler Callihan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Callihan, 25, debuted with Cincinnati last April. However, he appeared in just four games before a fractured forearm ended his season.<\/p>\n It was a disappointing end to a year that started with lots of promise for Callihan. He batted .303\/.410\/.528 with 10 extra-base hits in 24 games at Triple-A before being called up.<\/p>\n He can play second base, third base and left field, giving Pittsburgh some flexibility.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nicolas joins the Reds after three seasons with the Pirates. The 27-year-old was a key member of their bullpen the last two years, but he took a small step back in 2025 as his ERA and strikeout rate worsened. He improved after a terrible start, however, posting a 2.00 ERA and a 3.08 FIP over his final 15 appearances.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Accordingly, both players are looking to put disappointing seasons behind them. Time will tell if a change of scenery helps with that.<\/p>\n More Pirates: Former Pirates Star Andrew McCutchen Reportedly Agrees To Deal With Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n The post Pirates Bolster Infield Depth In Surprising Trade With Division Rival<\/a> appeared first on SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many MLB teams are afraid of trading with their division rivals, but not the Pittsburgh Pirates. After sending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,50,5342,19481,4,10,776,64,4297,1419],"class_list":["post-608062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-baseball","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-kebryan-hayes","tag-kyle-nicolas","tag-mlb","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-pittsburghpirates","tag-tyler-callihan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116177657282302648","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608062","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=608062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}