The Pittsburgh Pirates front office and management sure have been busy the past few days has they have made quite a few roster changes.  Releasing players, signing players, and buying out contracts, the Pirates have been doing it all in the last 24-48 hours.

Juan Perez and Jaret Wright have been released by the Pirates.

Josh Wilson was designated for assignment while Jorge Valendia was sent to minor league camp.

Pirates purchased the contract of infielder Doug Mientkiewicz from Triple-A Indianapolis.

Byung-Hyun Kim’s contract was bought out for $300,000.

The Pirates and Braves have worked out a trade that will send Todd Redmond to the Braves in exchange for Tyler Yates.

The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to make roster changes to their spring training roster and send players down as the big league club gets ready for opening day.

The Pirates optioned Kevin Thompson to Triple-A Indianapoli and reassigned Elmer Dessens and Casey Fossum to the teams minor league camp.

Jonah Bayliss was designated for assignment.

The Pirates also purchased the contract of Luis Rivas from Triple-A Indianapolis.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made another round of cuts as they option players down to the minor leagues.

Steve Pearce, Brian Bixler, Ty Taubenheim, and Bryan Bullington were optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.

Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker, T.J. Beam, Luis Cruz, Brian Rogers, and Marino Salas were all re-assigned to minor league camp.

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On Monday the Pittsburgh Pirates send down 13 different players to various minor league locations and camps as they trimmed down their big league spring training roster.

Romulo Sanchez, Dave Davidson, and Luis Munoz were sent do Triple-A Indianapolis

Jimmy Barthmaier, Ronald Belisario, and Yoslan Herrera to Double-A Altoona

Olivo Astacio was sent to Single-A Lynchburg

Adam Bernero, Jesse Chavez, Daniel Moskos, Miguel Perez, and Jose Macias were all reassigned to minor league camp.

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