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Pirates Option Travis Swaggerty and Tucupita Marcano to Indianapolis

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Prior to Friday’s night game against the Detroit Tigers, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they have optioned IF/OF Tucupita Marcano and outfielder Travis Swaggerty to Triple-A Indianapolis. The two moves leave the Pirates with 38 players on their active Spring Training roster. Opening Day is next Thursday.

The 25-year-old Swaggerty hit well this spring, putting up a .379/.471/.690 slash line in 34 plate appearances over 19 games. He debuted in the majors last year, going 1-for-9 with a single and no walks in five games. He batted .254/.348/.400 in 107 games with Indianapolis in 2022.

The 23-year-old Marcano had a rough spring, going 4-for-27, with a double and five walks, giving him a .466 OPS. He batted .206/.256/.306 over 49 games for the Pirates last year. He had an .831 OPS over 57 games in the minors last year, splitting his time between Altoona and Indianapolis.

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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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