MLB trade deadline approaches, the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves in a familiar position, as they did last year. They are well out of playoff contention and looking to change things soon. After an unsuccessful offseason,

R.J. Anderson: This is the kind of scenario that's interesting to game out, but that has zero chance of being deployed by an actual team. Any general manager who already gives up on building around Skenes, when he's not even arbitration eligible, may as well pack up their office while they're at it.

The Pirates have generational talent on a team that isn’t going to contend for multiple seasons. Some outsiders think they should put Paul Skenes on the trade market; here are two Twins packages to consider.