The Pirates have emerged as a “darkhorse” in the race to acquire Red Sox starter Jon Lester.
Tim Brown of Yahoo! sports has declared the Pirates a “darkhorse” contender for Lester as reported by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports.
Sources: Pirates emerging as Lester darkhorse. Deal could possibly center around Josh Bell. News with @TBrownYahoo: http://t.co/MC2CBomWpc
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 29, 2014
Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston confirms the Pirates involvement for Lester.
Major league source says “can’t rule out Pittsburgh” as my old yahoo pals @TBrownYahoo and @JeffPassan reported
— Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) July 29, 2014
The Pirates have the players in their farm system to complete a trade of this magnitude as Jim Callis of MLB.com rates the Pirates as the top contender that is best-positioned to make a trade due to young talent.
Pirates OF prospect Josh Bell’s name has come up as a possibility to be included in a trade for Lester along with another prospect if it were to happen.
Lester is 10-7 with a 2.52 ERA in 21 starts this year and will be a free agent after the season.
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