Pirates release seven minor leaguers

Nov 17 2017 by Bucs Dugout

 

About this time every year the Pirates do some paring down of their minor league rosters. This year, in addition to RHP Brandon Bingel, whom I mentioned yesterday, they released RHPs Yoandy Fernandez, Chris McDonald and Angel Vasquez; LHP Hector Garcia; IFs Huascar Fuentes and Nick King; and OF Justin Maffei. The closest to noteworthy among these players would be Fernandez, Garcia and Maffei.

I’m a little sorry to see Maffei go. He was a good backup outfielder at the upper levels,...

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