BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pittsburgh Pirates made their second round of cuts on Friday morning, sending out ten players. They optioned seven to Indianapolis, with Josh Bell, Alen Hanson, Max Moroff, Gift Ngoepe, Willy Garcia, Nick Kingham, and John Holdzkom being sent down. They also reassigned Adam Frazier, Juan Diaz, and Dan Gamache to minor league camp.
It's no surprise that the moves happened today. Tomorrow is an important deadline for players who didn't have any Major League service time the previous season. Any player fitting that description who isn't sent down by tomorrow, and who develops an injury in Major League camp, would have to start the season on the MLB disabled list.