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 Texas Rangers are all of a sudden a surging team in Major League Baseball.After being asleep for much of the season offensively, their key contributorshave gotten going, like Corey Seager and Marcus Semien.

Clarke was a high-level hitter for the Pirates from 1900-11, but he was also the team's manager from 1900-15. Under — and with — Clarke, the Pirates won