Harrison echoes Freese's criticism of Pirates' efforts to win

In January, Josh Harrison expressed his frustration with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team he's known for his entire career, explaining his desire to win. He said the team should trade him if they are on the road to rebuilding.

Not much has changed entering training camp.

"My main goal is to make sure wherever I am, that they understand that I want to win," Harrison told Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "If that’s not the main focus, I want to go elsewhere."

This comes only a couple days after Pirates third baseman David Freese criticized management for not putting the team in the right position to be legitimate contenders.

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Harrison joined the chorus of criticism on Sunday.

"I don’t care how we do it, but things need to be done," Harrison said. "As Freese said the other day, it’s got to be urgent and not just from a couple guys, a couple people in the office. It has to be top to bottom. You talk about Freese, he’s a World Series MVP. The guy’s been there. He knows what it takes to win. I think it will go without saying that he and I, even some of the comments he mentioned, had been conversations we’ve had during the season. It’s been brought to light."

Harrison mentioned that he spoke with general manager Neal Huntington, though he said nothing concrete came out of the conversation.

The Pirates traded outfielder and former face of the franchise Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants not long after dealing ace right-hander Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros.

Huntington told reporters he shares Harrison's and Freese's desire to winand doesn't consider the McCutchen or Cole trades to be akin to waving a white flag ahead of the 2018 season: