The Pittsburgh Pirates have made some room on their 40-man roster by parting ways with Travis Snider and Travis Ishikawa, while also sending Deolis Guerra outright to Indianapolis. Snider and Ishikawa elected free agency rather than accepting the outright assignment to Indianapolis. The 40-man roster is currently at 42, though it still includes upcoming free agents, as well as A.J. Burnett and Aramis Ramirez, who are both retiring.
Snider was traded to Baltimore prior to the 2015 season in exchange for minor league prospects Steven Brault and Stephen Tarpley. While they both had excellent seasons, further establishing their prospect status, Snider had a good first ten days of the season, then really struggled.