Pittsburgh Pirates: Breaking Down Players Acquired in Adam Frazier Trade

On Sunday evening the Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off the last week before the trade deadline by moving their top trade chip – Adam Frazier

There have been rumors flying around for months about when the Pittsburgh Pirates would trade Adam Frazier, but the rumors came to fruition as Frazier is heading to San Diego. The Padres are making their second deal of the year with the Pirates, as earlier this year they got Joe Musgrove and now Frazier.

The full terms of the trade were that the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Frazier and $1.4 million to the Padres in exchange for Tucupita Marcano, Jack Suwinski and Michell Miliano. People in the Pittsburgh media and fanbase have been complaining about these guys the Pittsburgh Pirates got back because they feel that it was not enough for Frazier, but do not take in a few key facts.

First off, Frazier is having a career year after having average at best seasons his other four years, the market is flooded with players right now, and everyone’s expectations were way too high after the report from Hayman weeks ago saying that Frazier could net one top-50 or two top-100 prospects.

While the return for Frazier has seemed underwhelming to Pittsburgh fans, once a deeper look is taken into the prospects coming to the Pirates, the trade really is not as bad as people are making it out to be. Let’s start off by looking at the headliner of this deal, Marcano.