Now that’s what I call roster turnover

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 16:59

With the Winter Meetings wrapping up now that the Rule 5 draft is over, we can probably assume that the Pirates are dont making moves, at least for the next few days. So, for now, let’s take a breath and count the players that the Pirates have added to the 40-man roster since the regular season ended: 

  1. Erik Bedard
  2. Jeremy Hefner
  3. Rudy Owens
  4. Duke Welker
  5. Justin Wilson
  6. Rod Barajas
  7. Clint Barmes
  8. Matt Hague
  9. Jordy Mercer
  10. Yamaico Navarro
  11. Gustavo Nunez
  12. Starling Marte
  13. Nate McLouth 

Less than half of those players were added from within the organization to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. And I’m almost certain the Pirates aren’t done yet. This is going to be a heck of a different roster when 2012 begins. 

About Pat Lackey

In 2005, I started a WHYGAVS instead of working on organic chemistry homework. Many years later, I've written about baseball and the Pirates for a number of sites all across the internet, but WHYGAVS is still my home. I still haven't finished that O-Chem homework, though.

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