The Bucs, conversely, will load up on players with Major League experience.
This unique situation is enabled by general manager Neal Huntington's savvy acquisitions and his sales job to some of the veterans who could have become free agents during the course of the season by rejecting assignments to the Minors, but decided to stick around. Now they will be called upon, because the only future of immediate concern to the Pirates is the 33 games remaining in the National League Central race.
Of the eight players expected in the first wave of recalls, seven are seasoned Major Leaguers.