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It's another Trade Talk Tuesday, and today we are looking at a trade that very well could be credited for helping shape the Pirates 2013 to 2015 playoff run. The Pirates needed to dump veteran arms John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny and in return, they got a package of prospects that included Josh Harrison. The late 2000s were some of the darkest days of the Pittsburgh Pirate's 21-year losing streak. They had some good players at the time, but former General Manager Neil Huntington was implementing his rebuilding plan, which involved trading away many of these players. A lot of the moves made sense for the Pirates both in the situation they were and financially, but for a fan base that was yearning for a winner, the moves became increasingly frustrating. One of those moves involved trading one of the Pirates top relievers, John Grabow, and a decent MLB starting pitcher, Tom Gorzelanny, to the Chicago Cubs. The trade brought back a package of three prospects that was sup...

We continue our trip around the diamond for our Saturday Morning Rankings as we look at the top 10 Pirates second basemen since the 2000 season. It has been a position filled with talent on both sides of the ball as they have led the Pirates through the last several seasons. Over the years, the second base position has been an interesting one for the Pirates as any who manned the position did not fit the typical mold. In a position that usually hits for contact, while playing good defense, the Pirates have had a ragtag of talent from utility players trying to find their full-time homes on the field, to part-time players who have had breakout seasons. Either way, the men who have manned second base in recent years have usually been team leaders and many played an instrumental role in turning the Pirates from loveable losers to playoff contenders in the early 2010s. Today, we are going to look back at the men who have played Second Base for the Pirates over the last 20 season...