I say few good things about the work that Ben Charrington's done in his time in Pittsburgh.

I say fewer good things about the trades that he's made.

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The Pirates had their off day yesterday.

That is a blessed event in that environment.

Trust me.

First off day of the entire spring.

But they're back in action today against the Cardinals.

This is in Bradenton.

That's a 105 p.m. first pitch with Mitch Keller taking the mound.

Last night, because off day couldn't possibly have meant off day for everybody,

Charrington traded Kyle Nicholas, who I've described here and just in a very recent episode as an erratic, if live-armed, reliever to the Reds for Cincinnati's number 19 prospect, an infielder and outfielder, Tyler Callahan, who's 25 and who has a career 749 OPS in the minors.

And if you hear that, it just sounds like eh for eh.

And maybe that's what it's going to be.

But here's where it gets at least a little bit interesting.

Callahan opened up the 2025 season with Louisville, and he got off to a great start.

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