BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates came to terms with all 27 of their pre-arbitration eligible players ahead of their games Wednesday.
In alphabetical order, they are: Steven Brault, JT Brubaker, Nick Burdi, Blake Cederlind, Will Craig, Kyle Crick, Oneil Cruz, Geoff Hartlieb, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Clay Holmes, Sam Howard, Mitch Keller, Kevin Kramer, Jason Martin, Colin Moran, Dovydas Neverauskas, Kevin Newman, Jose Osuna, Pablo Reyes, Bryan Reynolds, Yacksel Rios, Richard Rodriguez, Edgar Santana, Jacob Stallings, Chris Stratton and Cole Tucker.
Terms of the contracts were not released, but since players with this much service time do not have much negotiating power, they will almost certainly make close to the major-league minimum if they are with the Pirates.
All of these players, with the exception of Reyes, are currently on the 40-man roster. Reyes was on the roster after the tender deadline, so the team was still required to sign him, even though they designated him for assignment in January.
Reyes will also forfeit half of his salary after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs in February. He has been suspended 80 games, which will begin at the start of the regular season.
Of the players listed, Burdi, Holmes, Neverauskas and Stallings need to make the opening day team or be exposed to waivers. Holmes fractured his foot last week in Fort Myers and will likely start the season on the injured list. Stallings is projected to be the starting catcher, and Burdi is figured to be a part of the team's opening day bullpen.
