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Pirates announce 2023 Opening Day roster, lineup against Cincinnati Reds

We’ve made it. The beginning of another season is upon us. The Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 Opening Day roster is set. Derek Shelton and staff will bring 14 pitchers and 12 position players to Cincinnati, Ohio Thursday to officially begin another year of Bucco baseball.

Only six players from last season’s debut roster remain entering the 2023 campaign. JT Brubaker marks the seventh holdover but will begin on the injured list. The first of 162 begins today.

The best day ever. pic.twitter.com/fKGavXV7Fz

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) March 29, 2023

2022 Opening Day roster

Starting Pitchers: Mitch Keller, Jose Quintana, Zach Thompson, JT Brubaker, Bryse Wilson

Relievers: Anthony Banda, David Bednar, Wil Crowe, Aaron Fletcher, Heath Hembree, Dillon Peters, Chris Stratton, Duane Underwood Jr.