{"id":240338,"date":"2026-07-10T16:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:51:24","slug":"report-teams-expect-pirates-to-trade-compensation-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240338\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Teams Expect Pirates to Trade Compensation Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherington-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ben Cherington, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/>Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington speaks during the Major League Baseball&#8217;s general manager meetings, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Matt York)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been speculation that the Pirates are dangling their compensation pick \u2014 No. 34 overall \u2014 in hopes of acquiring a relief pitcher through a trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittsburgh\u2019s relievers this season rank 23rd in MLB and 12th in the National League with a 4.53 ERA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates have been in talks with other teams about acquiring bullpen help, and using their compensation pick \u2014 the only picks that can be traded per league rules \u2014 is one avenue they are exploring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESPN\u2019s Kiley McDaniel published his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49315943\/2026-mlb-mock-draft-final-predictions-first-two-rounds-white-sox-no-1-cholowsky-emerson-lackey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-round mock<\/a>, and the draft guru said some rival executives expect the Pirates to trade the pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis pick has been heavily rumored to be offered in trades for about a month,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019ve had at least half a dozen teams tell me they made a run at this pick; the asking price seems to be a good MLB reliever. Teams expect the pick to be traded before the draft, but the clock is ticking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 MLB draft gets underway on Saturday afternoon, and the first day of the draft covers the first four rounds. So, if the Pirates want to use their draft pick to upgrade their bullpen, a trade would have to come before then. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Pirates were to trade the pick, they would lose $2,897,400 \u2014 the slot value attached to the 34th pick \u2014 from their bonus pool. Pittsburgh currently has the largest bonus pool ($19,130,700) of any team in this year\u2019s draft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent trades involving compensation picks include the Guardians\u2019 acquisition of catcher Patrick Bailey from the Giants for the 29th pick earlier this year, and a deal between the Orioles and Rays last year that netted Tampa Bay right-handed reliever Bryan Baker for the 37th pick. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington speaks during the Major League Baseball&#8217;s general manager meetings, Wednesday, Nov. 8,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-240338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}