We recap the 2024 Winter Meetings, which included the big trade the Pirates made to acquire Spencer Horwitz in exchange for three pitchers, one of which was Luis Ortiz.

Then we talk about some early candidates the Pirates could take with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 draft.

Finally, we talk about the Rule 5 draft and what still needs to be done in the offseason.

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