The Pittsburgh Pirates added another arm to spring training competition Monday, but the move said far more about organizational caution than offseason ambition.
Right-hander Carson Fulmer has returned to the organization on a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Colin Beazley. For Fulmer, it represents a fourth stint with the Pirates — remarkably, without ever appearing in a regular-season major league game for the club.
For Pittsburgh, it represents something else entirely: another depth-focused reunion with a familiar journeyman as the final pieces of the pitching staff begin to sort themselves out.