It's probably not the trade anybody had anticipated.

It's probably not the trade that anybody necessarily even coveted, at least in terms of its shape.

That doesn't mean it's a bad trade.

Good morning to you.

Good.

Friday morning.

I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

And this is Daily Shot of Pirates, brought to you by the North Shore Tavern.

It tends to come your way in the offseason Mondays through Thursdays, but I did promise that we would have special episodes, if

anything were to happen. And lo and behold, something happened. The Pirates traded Johan Oviedo

and two prospects on lefty pitcher Tyler Samaniego and a catcher, Adonis Guzman.

To the Red Sox, for Josephson Garcia, a power-hitting outfield prospect and right-handed pitching

prospect, Jesus Straviaso.

By every accounting, the actual exchange is Oviedo for Garcia. Oviedo we all know about all kinds of promise, all kinds of competitiveness, big bodied starter frame kind of guy.

Had the Tommy John surgery made his way back, pitched pretty well once he got back.

The pirates, of course, do have one thing

in excess in that starting pitching. And that's probably the one thing that you'd most want to

have in excess. And this is why, because the Red Sox have been making no secret at all

since the end of the season of their wish to add pitching.

They've been in on virtually every mention of every starting pitcher available,

whether it's through free agency or trade or whatever.

Thus, they were going to have a little bit more urgency and maybe do something that might not make sense for them in the longer run.

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