Even though Spring Training has started, many quality names still lurk on the free agent market. After about two weeks of Grapefruit League games, the Pittsburgh Pirates are set to open the season with at least three less pitchers than they expected. Both Clay Holmes and Steven Brault are going to miss the first few weeks of April, and Tom Koehler decided it was time to hang them up and call it a career.
Earlier in the off-season it was briefly covered why Collin McHugh was a great buy low target for the Pirates.