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Here’s Where the Pirates Roster Sits Now

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The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t announced their Opening Day roster yet. As of right now, there are still 29 players active on their Spring Training roster. Three of those players are hurt, but the remaining 26 aren’t necessarily the guys who will be available tomorrow afternoon when they take on the Cincinnati Reds. The deadline to set rosters is noon on Thursday.

Here’s a look at the 29-man roster, followed by some notes.

Starting Pitchers

Mitch Keller, Roansy Contreras, Rich Hill, Vince Velasquez, Johan Oviedo, JT Brubaker

Bullpen

David Bednar, Wil Crowe, Jose Hernandez, Chase De Jong, Duane Underwood Jr, Jarlin Garcia, Robert Stephenson, Rob Zastryzny, Colin Holderman, Dauri Moreta

Catchers

Austin Hedges, Jason Delay

Infielders

Carlos Santana, Ji-Man Choi, Ji-hwan Bae, Rodolfo Castro, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Oneil Cruz

Outfielders

Canaan Smith-Njigba, Bryan Reynolds, Andrew McCutchen, Connor Joe, Jack Suwinski

What We Know

Brubaker, Garcia and Stephenson are all injured. They will start the season on the injured list. That would seem to leave a 26-man roster, but…

What We Don’t Know

Jason Mackey had this note about the bullpen battle for the last spot.

Zastryzny is in limbo now, while the Pirates wait to see if someone better becomes available. Either way, it would mean that two 40-man roster spots have to be opened up. One will be for Jason Delay. The other will be for Zastryzny, or a mystery player.

Jarlin Garcia is out for some time, so he will be one of those players going to the 60-man roster to open a roster spot. There hasn’t been any update on JT Brubaker yet, other than he will be on the injured list.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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