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In the future, every Pirates catcher will have played for the Yankees the season before:

The Pirates are on the verge of acquiring catcher Chris Stewart from the Yankees. — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 2, 2013

Stewart is superfluous now that the Yankees have signed Brian McCann. And he’s pretty bad even if they didn’t sign McCann, having hit .211/.293/.272 in over 300 plate appearances for New York last season. And that’s no aberration. It’s pretty much his career line in seven seasons in the majors.

Organizational depth for Pittsburgh, roster space for the Yankees and likely nothing of value going back to Gotham in exchange.