With the deadline coming at 8:00, the Pittsburgh Pirates, as is usual with this club, waited until the last moment to announce the four players they have added to their 40 man. The club added 2014 first and second round picks Cole Tucker and Mitch Keller, 2015 sixth rounder JT Brubaker, and outfielder Jason Martin, who the club acquired in the Gerrit Cole trade last offseason. This news was originally reported by Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Pirates' Rule 5 moves are in. Mitch Keller, Cole Tucker, Jason Martin and J.