Despite strong outings by Erik Gonzalez and Ke’Bryan Hayes, the Pirates fell to the Minnesota Twins, 5-3, on Monday.
Gonzalez got the Bucs on the board with a two-run home run in the third inning, however Jake Cave would plate two more runs for the Twins in the fourth after tripling to right and scoring on an error. On the mound, Chase De Jong finished his spring season with a 1.88 after giving up just two runs in 2.2 innings pitched.
The Pirates will finish their spring schedule tomorrow with a road matchup against the Twins.
ROSTER MOVES:
General Manager Ben Cherington announced that Chad Kuhl will be the Bucs’ Opening Day starter. In addition, the following players have made the Opening Day roster:
- Adam Frazier (INF) – Will bat leadoff, per Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic
- Kevin Newman (INF)
- Ke’Bryan Hayes (3B)
- Phillip Evans (UTIL)
- Colin Moran (1B)
- Gregory Polanco (OF)
- Bryan Reynolds (OF)
- Jacob Stallings (C)
- Michael Perez (C)
- David Bednar (P) – 8.2 IP, 18 strikeouts, 3 hits, 1 walk
*While Cherington said the Pirates will take 14 pitchers to Chicago on Thursday, no official rotation/bullpen have been announced yet.*
Biertempfel also reports that Cherington said that “he expects” outfielders Anthony Alford and Dustin Fowler to make the MLB roster to platoon center field, but no official report is available yet.
Consequently, the following players have either been reassigned or optioned to minor league camp (as of 6 p.m.):
- Wilmer Difo (UTIL) – Reassigned
- Brian Goodwin (OF) – Reassigned
- Steven Wright (P) – Reassigned
- Geoff Hartleib – Optioned
- Chasen Shreve (P) – Reassigned
- Chase De Jong (P) – Reassigned
More roster moves will be posted once they’re announced.
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