2019 Pirates Roster

[Pirates GM (TJ)]

The TJ Pitts Burgh Pirates

Salary Cap: $100.0
Salary Used: $98.2
Salary Available: $1.8

2019 Free agents signings in blue and cannot be traded until 6/16/2019
2019 Free agents signings who cannot be traded this season* in blue bold italics
*(due to hometown discount contracts)

(players in light green are rookies that have already passed their AB/IP thresholds and will be "2nd"s in 2020... "1sts" in white have not yet crossed threshold as of latest update and would remain "1sts")

(All positions shown have reached qualification for 2019 unless noted)

Lineup:

C 1B JT Realmuto (Phillies) $3.4 5th

1B Josh Bell (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

2B D.J. LeMahieu (Yankees) $7.3 2020

SS Jean Segura (Phillies) $7.7 2021

3B Rafael Devers (Red Sox) $1.0 3rd

LF CF RF Bryan Reynolds (Pirates) $0.3 1st

LF CF Tommy Pham (Rays) $5.1 5th
SS 2B CF Ketel Marte (DBacks) $2.1 5th

RF L C Christian Yelich (Brewers) $17.6 2023

Lineup total salary: $45.5
 
Bench:

C Elias Diaz (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

1B 2B SS 3B LF Niko Goodrum (Tigers) $0.5 2nd
2B Max Moroff (Indians) $0.5 2nd

2B Christian Arroyo (Rays) $0.5 2nd   (not qual at any position, 2B most likely)

3B Yolmer Sanchez (White Sox) $1.6 5th

LF RF Jordan Luplow (Indians) $0.5 2nd

2B L R Adam Frazier (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

2B SS R Brock Holt (Red Sox) $1.4 6th

RF Jorge Bonifacio (Royals) $1.0 3rd

1B 3B Jose Osuna (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

Bench total salary: $9.0

Likely Rookie Contributors:

SS 2B Kevin Newman (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #8
2B RF Pablo Reyes (Pirates) $0.3 1st ---
CF RF Victor Robles (Nationals) $0.3 1st

Rookie total salary: $0.9

Rotation:

SP Jeff Samardzija (Giants) $5.8 2019
SP Anibal Sanchez (Nationals) $0.5 2019
SP Mike Fiers (Tigers) $1.9 2019
SP Jhoulys Chacin (Brewers) $1.8 2019
SP Homer Bailey (Athletics) $1.1 2020

SP Jimmy Nelson (Brewers) $1.0 6th

SP Nick Pivetta (Phillies) $1.0 3rd

SP Trevor Williams (Pirates) $1.0 3rd
SP German Marquez (Rockies) $1.0 3rd

SP Joey Lucchesi (Padres) $0.5 2nd

SP Nick Kingham (Pirates) $0.5 2nd

SP Eric Skoglund (Royals) $0.5 2nd

SP Dario Agrazal (Pirates) $0.3 1st

Rotation total salary: $16.9

Bullpen:

RP Jared Hughes (Reds) $1.4 2019

RP Daniel Hudson (Dodgers) $0.6 2019+

SP RP Liam Hendriks (Athletics) $1.2 2019+

RP Greg Holland (FA) $1.8 2018+

RP Shane Greene (Tigers) $1.9 6th

RP Ken Giles (Blue Jays) $1.0 5th

RP Matt Barnes (Red Sox) $2.7 5th

RP Michael Feliz (Pirates) $1.0 4th
RP Brock Stewart (Dodgers) $1.0 3rd

SP RP Steven Brault (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

SP RP Matthew Strahm (Padres) $1.0 3rd
RP Dovydas Neverauskas (Pirates) $0.5 2nd

RHP Montana Durapau (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR
RP Jordan Milbrath (Indians) $0.3 1st

RHP Tanner Anderson (Athletics) $0.3 1st --- #47

Bullpen total salary: $16.0

Dead Money:

None

Dead Money total salary: $0.0

Minors:
(players in Bold are on 40-man Roster*)   --- *not yet updated
Levels still to be updated...

AAA (Indianapolis Indians)
AA (Altoona Curve)
A+ (Bradenton Marauders)

A (West Virginia Power)

Rankings revised 8/9/18

FG Top 20 (2019) in green

1B Will Craig (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #15

1B Shendrik Apostel (Pirates) $0.3 1st

OF Travis Swaggerty (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #5

OF Calvin Mitchell (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #9

OF Jared Oliva (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #22
OF Juan Pie (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR

LHP Braeden Ogle (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #19

RHP Luis Escobar (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #10

RHP Clay Holmes (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #11
RHP Tahnaj Thomas (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #12 FG

RHP Quinn Priester (Pirates) $0.3 1st

OF Sammy Siani (Pirates) $0.3 1st

3B Jared Triolo (Pirates) $0.3 1st

RHP Cody Bolton (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #24

1B Mason Martin (Pirates) $0.3 1st

SS Stephen Alemais (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #27
RHP Travis MacGregor (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #18
RHP Steven Jennings (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #31

Total: 18 protected Pirates specs

Minors (non-Pirates):

2B Omar Estevez (Dodgers) $0.3 1st

SS Bobby Witt Jr (Royals) $0.3 1st

OF Gilberto Celestino (Twins) $0.3 1st

OF Ray Patrick Didder (Braves) $0.3 1st

OF Kristian Robinson (DBacks) $0.3 1st
OF Ricardo Cespedes (Marlins) $0.3 1st

OF Desmond Lindsay (Mets) $0.3 1st

OF Taylor Trammell (Reds) $0.3 1st

OF Ronnie Dawson (Astros) $0.3 1st

LHP Foster Griffin (Royals) $0.3 1st
LHP Jordan Guerrero (White Sox) $0.3 1st
RHP Ronnie Williams (Cardinals) $0.3 1st
RHP Samuel Coonrod (Giants) $0.3 1st - TJS 4/18

RHP Chase Johnson (Giants) $0.3 1st - TJS 5/17

RHP Pedro Avila (Padres) $0.3 1st

15 Foreign Specs

Total Minor league salary: $9.9

Unprotected MLB Pirates:

RP AJ Schugel (Pirates) $1.0 3rd

SP Chad Kuhl (Pirates) $1.0 4th --- TJS Oct 2018

RP Edgar Santana (Pirates) $0.5 2nd --- TJS Oct 2018

SP Jameson Taillon (Pirates) $3.3 4th --- Surgery summer 2019

RP Felipe Vasquez (Pirates) $2.5 4th --- Get the fuck off my team

Unprotected Prospects of Note:     (this section is NOT ACCURATE... will update when I have time)

Specs in yellow were unprotected November 2018

RHP Eduardo Vera (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #33

RHP Tyler Eppler (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #34
RHP Gage Hinsz (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #49
RHP Jonathan Brubaker (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #21 (AKA JT Brubaker)
RHP Dario Agrazal (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #26
RHP Max Kranick (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #28

SS Rodolfo Castro (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR
RHP Pedro Vasquez (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR
LHP Oddy Nunez (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR
RHP Montana Durapau (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- NR
SS Adrian Valerio (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #48
LHP Cam Vieaux (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #35

RHP Aaron Shortridge (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #32
RHP Michael Burrows (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #40
SS Connor Kaiser (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #41
C Arden Pabst (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #42
LHP Roger Santana (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #44
RHP Alex McRae (Pirates) $0.3 1st - #46
OF Connor Uselton (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #29
RHP Osvaldo Bido (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #50
OF Jack Herman (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- (2018 30th round)
OF Elvis Escobar (Pirates) $0.3 1st
LHP Brandon Waddell (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #25
LHP Domingo Robles (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #37

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Everything from here until Bido is a mess... some of these are correctly protected above. Will fix when I have time.

C Jin-De Jhang (Pirates) $0.3 1st

C Jacob Stallings (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #38

C Christian Kelley (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #39
RHP Dylan Prohoroff (Pirates) $0.3 1st
2B Erich Weiss (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Elvis Escobar (Pirates) $0.3 1st
3B Wyatt Mathisen (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Michael Suchy (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Barrett Barnes (Pirates) $0.3 1st
LHP Cody Dickson (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Yeudy Garcia (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Luis Heredia (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Yunior Montero (Pirates) $0.3 1st
1B Carlos Munoz (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Casey Hughston (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Blake Cederlind (Pirates) $0.3 1st
LHP Cam Vieaux (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #35
OF Jeremias Portorreal (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Austin Coley
RHP Billy Roth
RHP Jacob Taylor (Pirates) $0.3 1st
1B Shendrik Apostel (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Jean Eusebio (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- 16yo, late 2016 J2 signing (March 2017) --- #45
LHP Jake Brentz (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Geoff Hartlieb (Pirates) $0.3 1st
OF Bligh Madris (Pirates) $0.3 1st
LHP Ike Schlabach (Pirates) $0.3 1st
RHP Yoandy Fernandez (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- DOB 3-29-88 Cuban signed MiLB deal 4/3/17
3B Eric Wood (Pirates) $0.3 1st
2B Pablo Reyes (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #43
3B Dylan Busby (Pirates) $0.3 1st  (3rd 2017)

OF Logan Hill (Pirates) $0.3 1st

RHP Cody Bolton (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #24

RHP Aaron Shortridge (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #32

RHP Michael Burrows (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #40

SS Connor Kaiser (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #41

C Arden Pabst (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #42

LHP Roger Santana (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #44

RHP Alex McRae (Pirates) $0.3 1st - #46

RHP Tanner Anderson (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #47

RHP Osvaldo Bido (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #50

Notable Pirates Prospects owned by others:

3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (Pirates) $0.3 1st --- #2

3B Oneil Cruz (Pirates) owned by Marlins --- #4

RP Nick Burdi (Pirates) owned by Red Sox --- #16
2B Kevin Kramer (Pirates) $0.3 owned by Rockies --- #7
RHP Mitch Keller (Pirates) $0.3 owned by Rockies --- #1

SS Cole Tucker (Pirates) $0.3 owned by Rockies --- #3

Jason Martin (Pirates) owned by Dodgers --- #14

IF Ji Hwan Bae (Pirates) owned by Cardinals --- #23
3B Sherten Apostel (Pirates) owned by Cardinals --- #29

OF Lolo Sanchez (Pirates) $0.3 1st owned by Cardinals

OF Osvaldo Gavilan (Pirates) owned by Cardinals ---
SS Luis Tejada (Pirates) owned by Cardinals --- NR
RHP Jesus Liranzo (Pirates) owned by Yankee

RHP Braxton Ashcraft (Pirates) $0.3 1st owned by White Sox--- #17

OF Matt Gorski (Pirates) $0.3 owned by Giants

Options available to be exercised:

RP Greg Holland (Cardinals) $1.8 2018+

Free Agents (eligible for discount):
SS Jordy Mercer (Pirates) $1.0 6th

3B David Freese (Pirates) $1.6 2018

SP Derek Holland (Giants) $2.4 2018

SP Kyle Gibson, 6th $1.0 (Twins)

RP Joakim Soria (Royals) $2.1 2018
RP Luke Gregerson (Cardinals) $2.1 2018
RP Jim Johnson (Angels) $1.4 2018
RP Alexi Ogando (Indians) $0.3 2018

1B John Jaso (Pirates : 2018) $1.3
1B Brandon Moss (Free Agent : 2018) $3.6
SP R.A. Dickey (Braves : 2018) $1.9

Retired: