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Pirates Rumors: 7/31/2013

Posted on August 1, 2013 at 12:20 AM.

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Pirates Rumors - Giants, Twins
By Jeff Todd [July 31, 2013 at 8:07am EST]

8:07am: Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweeted that the Pirates are closing in on a deal to acquire Giants outfielder Hunter Pence. Schulman reports that the Giants asking price was quite high as of yesterday, but if the right package was offered, they'd be willing to deal him.

10:26am: Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has tweeted that 18-year old pitcher, Luis Heredia, is being discussed as a piece of the package to acquire Pence.

8:10am: According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Pirates and Twins are working on a deal to send reliever Glen Perkins to the Pirates. Rosenthal stated that the Twins are interested in the Pirates minor league depth, however the level/positions of prospects they're interested in is currently unknown.

9:54am: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com has reported that pitcher Jeff Locke has been scratched from today's scheduled start for Indianapolis.

Comments

# 1 philliesfan136 @ Aug 1

those trades would be interesting..

# 2 KHarmo88 @ Aug 1

If I can land Pence, I'll have a hell of a 3-4-5-6-7 in Cutch, Alvarez, Pence, Jones, Martin

# 3 philliesfan136 @ Aug 1

is Heredia worth it is the question. either way, I wish I could play the Show.

# 4 KHarmo88 @ Aug 1

You know..... I had a very hard time accepting the fact that if this trade goes through, I'd lose Heredia. But the fact of the matter is, the Pirates time is now. If I can even make it to the NLCS, the Pirates will be on the map and players will want to play here again. So it's not so much about winning the World Series or losing a highly rated "PROSPECT", it's about getting respect and getting IMPACT players to WANT to play here!

# 5 philliesfan136 @ Aug 1

good stuff. Seems like a good return for both sides though - SF adds to their already solid rotation.