The Indianapolis Indians announced that Pedro Florimon has been assigned to the team, and outfielder Antoan Richardson was released. Florimon was designated for assignment by the Pirates on April 3rd and cleared waiversten days later. He was then sent outright to Indianapolis and had 72 hours to accept the assignment.
Once he decided to remain with the team and not become a free agent, the Pirates sent him down to Extended Spring Training to get back into game shape. He was off for 15 days total between the time he last played in Spring Training and when he accepted his outright assignment.