Pirates Front Office.
The roster outlook from actual roster and contract-path data — with the unknowns labeled unknown.
Who holds each spot into 2027.
Fact — rostered names & sourced contract paths · Posterior assessment — the status chips
- Brandon LoweFree agent after the 2026 season
- Ronny Simon
Open slot
No credible rostered occupant for the outlook season
Arms, as far as public data can say.
Open slot
21 rostered pitchers cannot be classified as rotation or bullpen from public data
- Kirby YatesFree agent after the 2026 season
Every rostered option has a conditional or expiring path after the 2026 season · 21 rostered pitchers cannot be classified as rotation or bullpen from public data
Unclassified (21): Antwone Kelly · Brandon Eisert · Braxton Ashcraft · Bubba Chandler · Camilo Doval · Carmen Mlodzinski · Evan Sisk · Gregory Soto · Hunter Barco · Isaac Mattson · Jared Jones · Khristian Curtis · Lake Bachar · Luke Weaver · Mason Montgomery · Mitch Keller · Noah Murdock · Paul Skenes · Thomas Harrington · Wilber Dotel · Yohan Ramírez
Paths that end after 2026.
- 2BBrandon LoweFree agent after the 2026 season
- RPKirby YatesFree agent after the 2026 season
Source: MLB.com, “Here's how future free-agent classes look” (2026-05-02) — a notable-potential-class list, not a complete contract ledger.
Who actually fits this roster.
- Jorge SolerDH · Free agent · Need: HighStrong fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Joc PedersonDH · Mutual option — availability conditional · Need: HighConditional
Free agent only if either side declines the 2027 mutual option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Marcell OzunaDH · Mutual option — availability conditional · Need: HighConditional
Free agent only if either side declines the 2027 mutual option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Alex VesiaRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Blake TreinenRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Bryan AbreuRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Danny CoulombeRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- David BednarRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Evan PhillipsRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Jason AdamRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- José AlvaradoRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Kirby YatesRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Matt StrahmRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Paul SewaldRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Pete FairbanksRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Raisel IglesiasRP · Free agent · Need: ModeratePlausible fit
Free agent after the 2026 season — availability is scheduled.
- Andrés MuñozRP · Club option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the club declines the 2027 club option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Aroldis ChapmanRP · Mutual option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if either side declines the 2027 mutual option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Carlos EstévezRP · Club option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the club declines the 2027 club option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Emilio PagánRP · Opt-out available — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the player exercises the opt-out after the 2026 season — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Emmanuel ClaseRP · Club option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the club declines the 2027 club option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Garrett WhitlockRP · Club option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the club declines the 2027 club option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Kenley JansenRP · Club option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the club declines the 2027 club option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Ryan HelsleyRP · Opt-out available — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if the player exercises the opt-out after the 2026 season — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
- Shawn ArmstrongRP · Mutual option — availability conditional · Need: ModerateConditional
Free agent only if either side declines the 2027 mutual option — availability is conditional, and the decision is never predicted.
Slots order NEED first, then WATCH; SET and UNKNOWN slots list no one. Within a slot the need is fixed, so candidates rank by availability certainty (scheduled free agents first), then name. Candidates are players with a sourced potential free-agent path (MLB.com, “Here's how future free-agent classes look”, 2026-05-02); trade candidates are not inferred.
The rules this plays under.
- Governs seasons
- 2022–2026
- Agreement expires
- 2026-12-01
- Roster limits
- 26-man active · 40-man reserve
- 2026 base threshold
- $244M
- 2027 base threshold
- Not settled — subject to collective bargaining.
Threshold schedule per the 2022 CBA (source: House That Hank Built — CBT thresholds 2022–2026). No threshold exists for 2027 — every rule past this agreement’s term is subject to collective bargaining. See CBA Watch.
What we will not pretend to know.
- Club payroll / commitments
- Not tracked — Posterior does not load a payroll dataset with a reliable public source, so no dollar figure is shown.
- Club spending capacity
- Unknown. Internal budgets and spending authority are not public, and this page never states one.
- What would appear here
- Guaranteed commitments, arbitration estimates, options, and dead money — each only with a public source attached.
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