Ethan Fisher

Happy to explain it to you! Gonzales isn't particularly likely to replicate his breakout season. His BABIP was 70 points higher than league average, and if that regresses closer to the norm, then he's a ~.270 hitter who doesn't walk, doesn't hit for power, and plays putrid defense. His glove cost the Pirates multiple games in 2026. Sending both Gonzales and Keller to Arizona was intentional. They'd be selling high on Gonzales, with his value offsetting the Diamondbacks' absorbing the remainder of Keller's contract. Gonzales is from Arizona and would fill a need at 2B (I'm also predicting that Arizona trades Ketel Marte). Keller slots into a Diamondbacks rotation that just lost Zac Gallen in free agency and reunites him with Jeremy Bleich, Arizona's assistant GM who served as the Pirates' director of pitching development during Keller's early MLB years. If there's anybody in the sport who can help Keller return to his previous form, he's probably pretty high on the list. It's not trading Gonzales for peanuts, it's attaching something of value to an underwater contract to make a trade possible. And in doing so, that frees up $18 million to address other needs. Hope this helped!

My prior mock offseason was my semi-realistic dream offseason. Here's my actual offseason prediction

This is disrespectful to Tessie

Pirates legend

The lone Pirates prediction in here is a 2/$36M deal for Ty France. That certainly recoups some of Lowe's value and helps vs. LHP, but I'd imagine you have to trade Horwitz for another infielder in that scenario

Please keep @Big_EFish in your prayers during this difficult time

Brandon Lowe and Jared Triolo both fall short

Wish I could retweet this 100 times. I have no idea how many times I've explained this to people

Pirates just poached Houston's Triple-A pitching coach, Weiss should be firmly on the radar

Me watching the evil Brewers win the World Series, as told by Andy Dwyer

Lol Steelers (go trade for Josh Downs)