On Sunday, Jayson Stark connected the Pirates to Kendrys Morales. I'm not sure if that was speculation or if the Pirates were actually talking to the Mariners about him. The Pirates have gotten terrible production out of the 1st base position. At the beginning of the season the Jones/Sanchez platoon was great but it hasn't been good for a while. Jones hasn't been able to hit anything, Sanchez too. Sanchez hasn't provided good at bats off the bench either. The platoon is a fail. 1st base is supposed to be one of, if not, a teams strongest position in terms of offensive production. Pirates aren't getting it done. Morales has been great this year as he's finally getting fully healthy. He also wouldn't need a platoon partner since he's a switch hitter. A switch hitter that can hit for power is a great thing to have if you can get it. He's been hitting lefties very well this year which is what the Pirates need. His ability to switch hit would make him an everyday player and would give the Pirates a legit power bat coming off the bench in Jones. It would also make the middle of the order better against lefties. The middle of the order has been a big hole against lefties. Morales could fix that. Jones coming off the bench with legit power would fix the bench exponentially. Morales wouldn't lose any power changing home ballparks to PNC Park since his home ballpark is in Seattle where it's hard to hit homers.
The cost:
Morales wouldn't cost as much as people think. He's a 2 month rental. Rental players normally cost less. He wouldn't cost any of the Pirates top prospect. Seattle is in search of young pitchers. At best he costs 2 B level pitchers. Probably not even that much. Maybe one B and one C level pitcher.
I definitely would love it if Morales came here. He'd help our offense in the middle of the lineup. The ability of him to switch hit is really nice and he'd move Jones to the bench which would make the bench better. Pirates need offense and Morales would be a huge addition to the lineup.
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