{"id":296762,"date":"2025-11-21T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296762\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:31:08","slug":"pirates-avoid-arbitration-with-jack-suwinski-yohan-ramirez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296762\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Avoid Arbitration With Jack Suwinski, Yohan Ramirez"},"content":{"rendered":"

7:10pm: They\u2019ve also reached an arb-avoiding deal with middle reliever\u00a0Yohan Ram\u00edrez<\/a>, reports Alex Stumpf<\/a> of MLB.com<\/a>. He\u2019ll make $825K next season. Ramirez pitched to a 5.40 ERA in 33 1\/3 innings for the Bucs this year.<\/p>\n

6:05pm: The Pirates and outfielder Jack Suwinski<\/a> have avoided arbitration, reports Robert Murray of FanSided<\/a>. Suwinski will make $1.25MM next year. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz<\/a> had projected him for a $1.7MM salary.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is the non-tender deadline. Teams have until 4pm Central to decide whether or not to tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible and pre-arb players. They don\u2019t need to agree to a salary by tomorrow but it\u2019s the last chance for clubs to walk away from a player and pay him nothing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s common for a few deals to be finalized in the lead-up to the deadline. In many cases, but not always, these \u201cpre-tender\u201d deals see the player agree to a salary below projections. The oversimplified version of how this happens is that teams put a \u201ctake it or leave it\u201d offer on the table. If the player decides to \u201cleave it\u201d, the team will simply non-tender him. Since Suwinski has been struggling lately and will make about half a million less than projected, it\u2019s possible that happened here.<\/p>\n

Back in 2023, Suwinski seemed to be breaking out in the big leagues, as he hit 26 home runs that year with strong batted-ball data to back it up. His 32.2% strikeout rate was way too high but he offset that with the power and also drew walks at a 14% clip. He also lined up at all three outfield positions. His work in center was panned but he was decent in the corners.<\/p>\n

Things have been trending down since then. He has stepped to the plate 455 times over the past two years with a dismal .169\/.271\/.297 line. His .220 batting average on balls in play hasn\u2019t helped but his batted-ball data has declined. His strikeout rate has stayed high at 29.9% while his walk rate dropped to 11.2%.<\/p>\n

Due to that rough performance, he has been optioned to the minors with some regularity. In the process, he has exhausted his option seasons and will be out of options going forward. The Bucs could have walked away this week but have apparently not totally given up on a bounceback. For what it\u2019s worth, Suwinski has continued producing in Triple-A, with a .283\/.389\/.565 line and 149 wRC+ at that level in 2025.<\/p>\n

Suwinski\u2019s salary will be barely above the league minimum, which will be $780K next year, so it\u2019s not a massive risk for the Bucs. If Suwinski continues to struggle, he can be cut from the roster without it being too much of a sunk cost. He would also likely clear waivers in that scenario and would stick around as non-roster depth. He is two days away from having three years of service time, which would give him the right to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency. However, since he has less than five years of service, he would have to forfeit his remaining salary commitments in exercising that right.<\/p>\n

The Bucs go into 2026 with Oneil Cruz<\/a> and Bryan Reynolds<\/a> projected in two outfield spots. The Bucs could add someone to take a third spot but it\u2019s fairly open for now, with Suwinski in the mix alongside Will Robertson<\/a>, Billy Cook<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n

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