Pittsburgh Pirates: Starling Marte needs to leave to kickstart rebuild

Fire sale should happen to signal a new direction

Starling Marte needs to be the first domino to fall to kickstart the rebuilding process. He has already that he would love to be with the New York Mets, so Cherington should make Brodie Van Wagenen give him some talent to start replenishing the farm system in return for the longtime member of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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After Marte goes, I would get rid of starters Chris Archer and Trevor Williams, and then all of the other players that could net a good return of young players to try to get the Pirates farm system to be as strong as possible before Ben Cherington’s first draft with the Pirates organization in the summer of 2020.

With that said, Josh Bell, Bryan Reynolds, and Jameson Taillon would be the untouchables if a team called because those three players have the ability to lead a young group and be the core of a winning team down the road.

But getting back to outfielder Starling Marte, I don’t think it would be in the best interest of both sides for Marte to be in the black and yellow in 2020 because he wants to be on a contending team while the Pittsburgh Pirates are headed in the opposite direction.