Blue Jays: A few teams that could use Danny Jansen on their roster

Pittsburgh Pirates

Bringing up the rear in the NL Central is the Pittsburgh Pirates, an organization going through the tough task of a rebuild and currently sport a 32-54 record.

At the catcher position, the Pirates are rolling with Jacob Stallings and Michael Perez, with both players struggling to perform well at the plate this season. Each catcher has been used more as a backup for their respective careers with Stallings taking on more of a starting role this year.

In the Pirates depth charts, there are currently no catchers within the club’s 30 top prospects and they are also looking at potentially selling off some assests to assist the rebuild. They have already traded first baseman Josh Bell and RHP Jameson Taillon in an attempt to bring in some prospects earlier this year and this trade deadline could result in another fire sale.

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Danny Jansen would tandem well beside Stallings and with both players having three years of arbitration, they would be around for the rebuilding years within the Pirates organization. The team also has a former Blue Jays executive at the helm in Ben Cherington, where a potential deal could be made between former staff.

In return, the Blue Jays have a variety of bullpen pitchers that could entice Ross Atkins to send Jansen to Pittsburgh, with closer Richard Rodriguez hopefully the main focal point in any potential trade discussions. They could also target second baseman Adam Frazier in trade talks but he is most likely going to command some signficant prospect capital in return with the incredible season he is having.