Minor league free agency has arrived and it appears the Pirates have only seven (sub. req’d). And three of the seven were originally signed by the Pirates, rather than signing after leaving other systems. Back in the Littlefield days, the Pirates commonly had 25-30 free agents every year, most or all of them players brought in to shore up the minor league rosters. So the current front office is doing a nice job of developing AAA players. It’s that next step that’s eluding them.
Anyway, the seven are catchers Jin-De Jhang and Jackson Williams, third basemen Eric Wood and Wyatt Mathisen, outfielder Daniel Nava, and right-handers Bo Schultz and Damien Magnifico.