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Friday Insider: Why Pirates, coach love Marte, flaws and all

By Dejan Kovacevic

PITTSBURGH, PA - JULY 06: Starling Marte #6 of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a two run RBI triple in the sixth inning during the game against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park on July 6, 2019 (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)

By Dejan Kovacevic

ST. LOUIS — Starling Marte seems to think he'll be available at Major League Baseball's trade deadline, at least judging by the number of separate occasions on which he mentioned that -- three -- through the Pirates' three-game set with the Cardinals this week at Busch Stadium.

That means next to nothing, of course. It's not as if Neal Huntington's consulting him on the matter.

And for what it's worth, other than one whisper about the Phillies being interested, I haven't heard anything additional on that front, either.

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