ORLANDO — There are two ways that most seem to be characterizing the Pirates, as the baseball world descends on Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek for the annual winter meetings.

Most everyone expects the Pirates to be active.

Yet there’s skepticism regarding how this could go.

How those two thoughts square, and if they do, could ultimately determine whether this trip is viewed as a smashing success or a frustrating failure.

Indications of the Pirates’ desires haven’t been hard to find. They’ve expressed interest in Jorge Polanco, Ketel Marte, Ryan O’Hearn and others. Jarren Duran, Steven Kwan, Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe and Alec Bohm have been connected to them as players who would make sense.

The latest and most serious indication yet was an offer they made to Kyle Schwarber, one o

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