PITTSBURGH _ It has become the Pirates' version of Jameis Winston, the possible player acquisition that has mobilized a fan base, the longest of shots on the surface but also not a completely ridiculous idea.
Should the Pirates, whose biggest offseason acquisition to this point has been 35-year-old center fielder Jarrod Dyson for $2 million, really sign Yasiel Puig as a free agent for this truncated, 60-game season?
The acquisition of Puig certainly makes some modicum of sense, but it's also not terribly likely given the Pirates' recent track record of signing notable free agents _ in that they don't have much of one.
What follows is a point-counterpoint argument, an exercise designed to look at whether the Pirates should indeed ink the enigmatic outfielder once nicknamed "The Wild Horse" and why maybe it's a little far-fetched to think that they ever would.
