Free Agents
Michael Wacha
The Pirates need starting pitching, badly; probably the most of any non-rebuilding team, if not more so than some rebuilding teams. One of the players I have wanted the Pirates to sign all offseason is former division rival Michael Wacha. Wacha is coming off his second consecutive quality campaign and looks to post his third good season in a row.
In 134.1 innings, Wacha worked to a 3.22 ERA, 3.89 FIP, and 1.16 WHIP. All of his peripherals were roughly league average or better. He had a 22.4% strikeout rate, a walk rate clocking in at 7.8%, and a HR/9 of 1.00. He was also in the 70th+ percentile of exit velocity (88.1 MPH), and hard hit rate (35.3%).