Jack Suwinski designated for assignment by Pirates<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSEASON, THERE WAS PLENTY TO DISCUSS. AS FAR AS I\u2019M CONCERNED, ANDREW WILL ALWAYS BE A PIRATE. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY, MOST. I CERTAINLY SPEAK FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT WE THAT\u2019S HOW WE FEEL. THAT WAS PIRATES GENERAL MANAGER BEN CHERINGTON SPEAKING ON HOW THE MARCELL OZUNA DEAL AFFECTS THE PIRATES PLANS ON BRINGING BACK ANDREW MCCUTCHEN. OZUNA IS A DESIGNATED HITTER, A ROLE COACH PRIMARILY HAD LAST SEASON. AL CHERINGTON WOULDN\u2019T COME OUT AND SAY THEY\u2019RE OFFICIALLY CLOSING THE DOOR ON HIM. IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE TEAM IS WORKING TO BRING HIM BACK. THE PIRATES WILL NEVER, YOU KNOW, SHUT THE DOOR COMPLETELY. SHUT THE DOOR ON ANDREW MCCUTCHEN. THAT\u2019S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THEM. THAT\u2019S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE HARD. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS ARE HARD. AND I THINK THAT AGAIN, THAT\u2019S THE NATURE OF THESE THINGS. TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR ANDREW. AND CERTAINLY OUR DESIRE WOULD BE TO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY FOCUS ON THE GUYS THAT ARE HERE IN BRADENTON AND GETTING READY TO PREPARE FOR A SEASON. MEANWHILE, THEY DID BRING BACK MANAGER DON KELLY FOR HIS FIRST FULL SEASON IN THAT ROLE. I ASKED THE MOUNT LEBANON NATIVE HIS EMOTIONS HEADING INTO HIS FIRST SPRING TRAINING. THE EXCITEMENT IS IS REAL. IT\u2019S HIGH. I THINK THAT THERE\u2019S ALWAYS EXCITEMENT GOING INTO SPRING AND LOOKING AT THIS ONE, WITH THE MOVES THAT WE\u2019VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IN THE OFF SEASON, TO PAIR WITH THE GUYS THAT WE HAVE COMING BACK. IT\u2019S REAL. THEY\u2019RE IT\u2019S IT\u2019S YOU CAN FEEL IT AROUND CAMP. YOU CAN FEEL IT IN IN THE CLUBHOUSE, OUT ON THE FIELDS. GUYS ARE EXCITED TO TO GO. POSITION PLAYERS REPORTED TO SPRING TRAINING ON THE 15TH. THE FOX FIRST GAME OF GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE PLA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pittsburgh Pirates designated outfielder Jack Suwinski for assignment Monday, as the club held its first full-team workout at spring training in Bradenton, Florida.The move clears a roster spot for veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna, who signed a one-year deal with a mutual option for the 2027 season. The Ozuna deal was officially announced Monday.Video above: Pirates GM addresses Andrew McCutchen’s status for 2026 seasonAfter hitting 19 home runs as a rookie in 2022, and 26 the following season, Suwinski has struggled at the plate.The 27-year-old Suwinski slashed .147\/.281\/.253 with an OPS of .534 last year, hitting three home runs while striking out 57 times in 150 at-bats. He started the season on Pittsburgh’s opening day roster, but played in just 59 games and had two stints at Triple-A Indianapolis.The Pirates added two outfielders, Jake Mangum and prospect Jhostynxon Garcia, in offseason trades, and signed first baseman Ryan O’Hearn, who can also play the outfield. Ozuna is expected to serve as a designated hitter.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Pittsburgh Pirates designated outfielder Jack Suwinski for assignment Monday, as the club held its first full-team workout at spring training in Bradenton, Florida.<\/p>\n
The move clears a roster spot for veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna<\/a>, who signed a one-year deal with a mutual option for the 2027 season. The Ozuna deal was officially announced Monday.<\/p>\n Video above: Pirates GM addresses Andrew McCutchen’s status for 2026 season<\/p>\n After hitting 19 home runs as a rookie in 2022, and 26 the following season, Suwinski has struggled at the plate.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old Suwinski slashed .147\/.281\/.253 with an OPS of .534 last year, hitting three home runs while striking out 57 times in 150 at-bats. He started the season on Pittsburgh’s opening day roster, but played in just 59 games and had two stints at Triple-A Indianapolis.<\/p>\n The Pirates added two outfielders, Jake Mangum<\/a> and prospect Jhostynxon Garcia<\/a>, in offseason trades, and signed first baseman Ryan O’Hearn<\/a>, who can also play the outfield. Ozuna is expected to serve as a designated hitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Suwinski designated for assignment by Pirates SEASON, THERE WAS PLENTY TO DISCUSS. AS FAR AS I\u2019M CONCERNED,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[55085,55083,26536,55081,55079,55086,5918,55084,23788,55080,7145,18203,73,75,74,10997,16959,55082,55087,55088,849],"class_list":{"0":"post-115772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-147-281-253","9":"tag-assignment","10":"tag-bradenton","11":"tag-designated-for-assignment","12":"tag-dfa","13":"tag-first-full-team-workout","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-following-season","16":"tag-home-run","17":"tag-jack-suwinski","18":"tag-last-year","19":"tag-pirates","20":"tag-pittsburgh","21":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","22":"tag-pittsburgh-news","23":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","24":"tag-spring-training","25":"tag-suwinski","26":"tag-triple-a-indianapolis","27":"tag-veteran-slugger-marcell-ozuna","28":"tag-waiver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}