MLB Trade Rumors
Josh Bell to Washington for a pair of right-handed pitching prospects,
Eddy Yean. Some reporting in the aftermath of the deal:
The Pirates have made no secret about their desire to move players off the big league roster for future value this offseason. Trading Bell certainly doesn’t figure to be Pittsburgh’s final move of this ilk, as general manager Ben Cherington acknowledged. “
Likely won’t be the last one. There will probably be more,” Cherington told reporters (including Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review).
“I’m not saying that to predict anything, that’s the realization, that’s where we are.”
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The Pittsburgh Pirates did a little late shopping on Christmas Eve and brought home a pair of talented pitching prospects. In sending All-Star first baseman Josh Bell to Washington, Pittsburgh acquired third-ranked Nationals prospect Wil Crowe and sixth-ranked Eddy Yean, according to an announcement by Pirates general manager Ben Cherington.
The Pittsburgh Pirates did a little late shopping on Christmas Eve and brought home a pair of talented pitching prospects.
In sending All-Star first baseman Josh Bell to Washington, Pittsburgh acquired third-ranked Nationals prospectWil Crowe and sixth-ranked Eddy Yean, according to an announcement by Pirates general manager Ben Cherington.
MLB Trade Rumors
Josh Bell to Washington for a pair of right-handed pitching prospects,
Eddy Yean. Some reporting in the aftermath of the deal:
The Pirates have made no secret about their desire to move players off the big league roster for future value this offseason. Trading Bell certainly doesn’t figure to be Pittsburgh’s final move of this ilk, as general manager Ben Cherington acknowledged. “
Likely won’t be the last one. There will probably be more,” Cherington told reporters (including Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review).
“I’m not saying that to predict anything, that’s the realization, that’s where we are.”
Pirates ship first baseman Bell to Nationals
Josh Bell is heading to the Washington Nationals. The Pittsburgh Pirates traded the slugging first baseman to Washington on Thursday for pitching prospects Will Crowe and Eddy Yean.
The Canadian Press Josh Bell , The Canadian Press
PITTSBURGH Josh Bell embraced everything about being a Pittsburgh Pirate. He understood as the club retooled following the departure of stars Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole that he would serve as the de facto face of the franchise.
It s a responsibility Bell ran toward. He became heavily involved in the community. He developed a bond with the family of Hall of Fame first baseman Willie “Pops” Stargell. He blossomed into an All-Star in 2019 looking every bit the cornerstone the Pirates could rebuild around.
With the addition of Bell, the Nationals secure an everyday first baseman who’s exhibited an ability to hit for power and average since debuting in 2016. He broke out in 2017, playing 159 games while clubbing 26 longballs to go along with 90 RBIs and a .255 average. While he only hit 12 homers in 2018, Bell’s 2019 showing put the 28-year-old on the map.
Bell earned an All-Star selection and competed in the Home Run Derby during a season in which he hit .277 with 37 home runs and 116 RBIs. Those numbers catch the eye, even after 2020, when he hit .226 with eight homers.
“I think our top priority in our search, via the free agent market or even the trade market, is trying to get a bat to fill in the middle of the lineup and kind of complement the rest of our middle-of-the-lineup bats,” Rizzo said last week on a Zoom call. “We felt that our best bet would be to kind of surround the guys we have in the middle of the lineup already with some more bats and make our offensive pr