Ben Cherington is approaching Thursday’s MLB trade deadline with the intent to build a team that is going to be better in 2026, so the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager is preparing to strike on deals that can do that.

One of whom is two-time All-Star closer David Bednar, who The Athletic’s Stephen J. Nesbitt predicts will no longer be a Pirate after Thursday. “The reasons not to trade Bednar amount to little more than: He’s from here.

When Carson Whisenhunt, Carson Seymour and Carson Ragsdale were all in the same Triple-A rotation, they invented a little game. The three often would walk around the ballpark together, and if a fan yelled out “Carson” the first one to turn around would have to go and sign autographs.

The San Francisco Giants are calling up top pitching prospect Carson Whisenhunt to make his MLB debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Giants are planning to call up left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, the club’s No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, to make his Major League debut in Monday night’s series opener against the Pirates at Oracle Park.