In Spring Training, every team brings in many prospects. But many have sat on the 40-man roster for the past few seasons, and haven’t yet found their footing in the MLB. After a couple of years, they get optioned to the minors, and eventually run out of minor league options.
This puts them in limbo of losing their roster spots. Sometimes, they are designated for assignment. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a few of these players entering spring training on the roster, and I wanted to go over their chances of making the 26-man, as well as their chances of getting optioned, or even being designated for assignment.