It’s roughly halfway through spring training and the Pirates have a lot of players fighting for very few openings. It looks like Joe Musgrove is on track to open the season in the rotation, so that’s set. That leaves the bench and bullpen.
With the bench, Adam Frazier, Sean Rodriguez, David Freese and Elias Diaz are set, so there’s only one spot open. I don’t think that spot’s really open, either. Their biggest need is a right-handed hitting outfielder, of which they have two: Jordan Luplow and Bryce Brentz. Luplow has options left, three in fact, and Brentz has none, so it’s not hard to guess how that’s going to come out.