PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates have traded away veterans over the years, whoever it may have been, they did so understanding that their returns in those trades wouldn’t show up until much later.
Let’s be clear, that work is not done. The Pirates are 33-47 after Tuesday night’s 5-2 win over the New York Yankees, and barring an otherworldly finish to the season, they will head into next year still trying to build a competitive team in the standings.
That’s for much further down the road. For now, the Pirates will take Tuesday, when a rookie Pirate acquired in a trade got one over on a former Pirate sent to another team.
