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"UPDATE: Towers will have financial flexibility this summer, reports Jon Morosi of FOXSports.com. The D-backs should be able to add relief help as well as add another player or two and they won't necessarily have to go dumpster diving. Look out Giants!"

I wouldn't know if the Pirates should care about this situation.

"Neal Huntington's trades have resulted in the Pirates paying approximately $25,000,000 in salary for production that would have cost them $70.4 on the free agent market. They have traded away 45.2 wins-over-replacement-players to teams that have gotten $188.9 worth of production, while paying $117.7 in salary." You can find a BTF discussion of this article here.