The Pittsburgh Pirates have a lot of prospects in big league camp this year. There are 44 prospect-eligible players on the Spring Training roster, with the bulk of those being non-roster invitees.
The amount of prospects makes sense for a team that has shown no urgency to win in 2022, and has one of the lowest payrolls in the game. The Pirates are clearly in a rebuild, and waiting on their prospects to arrive to spark their next run as contenders.
Fortunately, the prospects aren’t that far away. Out of those 44 prospect-eligible players in camp, almost all of them could reasonably be expected to arrive in the majors by the end of 2023.