Sometimes, it's better to fake it 'till you make it than do nothing at all. This is why Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington and the rest of the front office shouldn't be chided for their performative offer to Kyle Schwarber earlier in the offseason.
While certain fans and analysts poked fun at Pittsburgh's offer to Schwarber (including Foul Territory's Erik Kratz), the Pirates' offseason moves since then have been not only dead serious, but highly respectable.
Pirates' awesome offseason weakens critics who laughed at Pittsburgh's Kyle Schwarber offer
The Pirates offer to Kyle Schwarber was the equivalent of a half-court shot that misses by 15 feet at a middle school girls basketball game, says @ErikKratz31.