As exciting as adding new prospects to a big-league club is, it also means having to bid goodbye to a handful of veterans. The Pirates’ farm system has quite a few prospects ready for the next level, and as they rise, these three Bucs could find themselves out of a job.
Outfielder Jack Suwinski
Perhaps the most obvious player on the chopping block is Jack Suwinski. You could make the argument that he should have been let go last season, and you would probably have been right. Unfortunately, the Pirates’ outfield prospects weren’t quite ready to tackle the big time, so Pittsburgh endured another 59 games in which Suwinski hit .