Morning Rundown: Pirates make a trade, Tyler Glasnow traded, Jack Flaherty to Tigers

Pirates make a trade to acquire another player, plus more action around the league

The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Billy McKinney from the New York Yankees in exchange for International signing bonus pool considerations.

McKinney, 29, was a former first-round pick back in 2013 and had recently signed a minor league deal with the Yankees.

He played in 48 games for the Yankees last season, batting .226/.320/.406 with a 101 wRC+ and six home runs in 147 plate appearances.

He also put up a wRC+ of 126 while playing for Triple-A Wilkes-Barre. During his career, McKinney has 915 plate appearances in the major leagues, playing all three outfield spots and first base.

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According to Jeff Passan, former Pirates Tyler Glasnow, along with Manuel Margot, has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal reportedly depends on Glasnow signing an extension, which sounds like it will happen.

Glasnow is in the last year of a contract that will pay him $25 million this year. He set a career-high in wins and topped 100 innings pitched for the second time in 2023.

Right-handed pitcher Ryan Pepoit and outfielder Jonny Deluca will head to Tampa Bay as a part of the deal.

This, of course, is a move that the Dodgers can make thanks to Ohtani deferring so much of his contract down the road and helps to shore up the rotation.

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The Detroit Tigers signed right-handed pitcher Jack Flaherty to a one-year deal worth $14 million.

Flaherty had pitched most of his career with the St. Louis, winning 11 games in 2019. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles during the 2023 season and posted an 8-9 record and a 4.99 ERA (4.36 xFIP) across 144.1 innings pitched.

His 1.8 WAR on FanGraphs would have put him in a tie with Johan Oviedo for the second-highest mark behind Mitch Keller among starting pitchers on the Pirates in 2023.

The Tigers have been fairly aggressive on the pitching market - signing Kenta Maeda and Andrew Chafin already this off-season.

They won 78 games last year and finished second in the AL Central behind the Minnesota Twins.

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