I was out doing Easter things all day today, so this is practically old news at this point, but the Pirates made their final cuts today, finalizing their roster. None of the cuts were surprise if you’ve been paying attention. Ramon Vazquez was released, Steven Pearce was optioned to AAA and Jack Taschner and Hayden Penn got he last 2 spots in the bullpen. The final roster can be found here.

In addition, the  AA roster is now final according to buccofans.com, via the Altoona Mirror. The AAA Indianapolis Indians roster is not yet final, and can’t be set until we see if Brandon Moss clears waivers. Here is the link to their roster page. What is there now is probably 98% of what it will look like when they open their season, and any updates will likely be reflected there before I can post about them anyway.

I have 2 more season preview posts to come between now and first pitch at 1;35 tomorrow.  The first is the offensive preview to be posted tonight as soon as I finish it.  The other is a predictions post, which will go up tomorrow morning.  I’ll be down at pnc park tomorrow, so I expect I’ll post some pictures, thoughts, etc. sometime tomorrow night  if I have time, or Tuesday if I don’t get to it tomorrow.

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