When Do Pirates Report for Spring Training?
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates start having players report for Spring Training this week, marking the beginning of the 2026 season.
The Pirates players will report down to Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla., the home base for the Pirates for Spring Training, for their first workouts of the preseason.
Pittsburgh has 61 players reporting to Major League camp, 40 from the 40-man roster and then 21 non-roster invitees that will all start their workouts this week.
The Pirates have their players reporting at different times, with some coming earlier in the week and then others towards the end.
Dates for Pirates Players Reporting
February 9 – First workout for pitchers and catchers participating in the World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic means that pitchers and catchers featuring in the international competition will arrive early.
20 teams total will compete for a chance at showing their the best nation in all of baseball, with eight Pirates pitchers across six different countries that will report on the first day.
National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes will show up for the first date, but so too will the likes of relievers in Dennis Santana, Gregory Soto, Kyle Nicolas and a few others.
Name | Reliever or Starter | Right or Left Thrower | WBC Team | 40-Man or NRI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Skenes | Starter | Right | USA | 40-Man |
Dennis Santana | Reliever | Right | Dominican Republic | 40-Man |
Gregory Soto | Reliever | Left | Dominican Republic | 40-Man |
Kyle Nicolas | Reliever | Right | Italy | 40-Man |
Joe La Sorsa | Reliever | Left | Italy | NRI |
Antwone Kelly | Starter | Right | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 40-Man |
Oddanieer Mosqueda | Reliever | Left | Venezuela | NRI |
José Urquidy | Starter | Right | Mexico | NRI |
February 11 – First workout for pitchers and catchers
The 23 other pitchers that will show up come two days later on Feb. 11, with 16 pitchers on the 40-man roster and seven non-roster invitees.
Important starting pitchers like Braxton Ashcraft, Bubba Chandler and Mitch Keller will come this day and so too will crucial relievers like Justin Lawrence, Isaac Mattson, Carmen Mlodzinski and Mason Montgomery, who came in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Other names to look out for include left-handed pitching prospect Hunter Barco, Jared Jones working back from injury and recent signing in non-roster invite Mike Clevinger.
Name | Reliever or Starter | Right or Left Thrower | 40-Man or NRI |
|---|---|---|---|
Braxton Ashcraft | Starter/Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Hunter Barco | Starter/Reliever | Left | 40-Man |
Brandan Bidois | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Bubba Chandler | Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Wilber Dotel | Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Ryan Harbin | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Thomas Harrington | Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Jared Jones | Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Mitch Keller | Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Justin Lawrence | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Isaac Mattson | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Carmen Mlodzinski | Reliever/Starter | Right | 40-Man |
Mason Montgomery | Reliever | Left | 40-Man |
Yohan Ramírez | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Cam Sanders | Reliever | Right | 40-Man |
Evan Sisk | Reliever | Left | 40-Man |
Beau Burrows | Reliever | Right | NRI |
Mike Clevinger | Starter/Reliever | Right | NRI |
Michael Darrell-Hicks | Reliever | Right | NRI |
Noah Davis | Reliever/Starter | Right | NRI |
Chris Devenski | Reliever | Right | NRI |
Nick Dombkowski | Reliever/Starter | Left | NRI |
Noah Murdock | Reliever | Right | NRI |
The seven Pirates catchers will also report, including the likes of Joey Bart, Henry Davis, Rafael Flores Jr. and Endy Rodríguez should be healthy and ready for action after missing most of last season with injury.
Name | Hit Side | 40-Man or NRI |
|---|---|---|
Joey Bart | Right | 40-Man |
Henry Davis | Right | 40-Man |
Rafael Flores Jr. | Right | 40-Man |
Endy Rodríguez | Switch | 40-Man |
Omar Alfonzo | Left | NRI |
Derek Berg | Right | NRI |
Shawn Ross | Right | NRI |
February 12 – First workout for infielders and outfielders participating in the World Baseball Classic
The Pirates only have three position players that will feature at the World Baseball Classic and have to report on Feb. 12.
Center fielder Oneil Cruz for Team Dominican Republic, first baseman Spencer Horwitz for Team Israel and second baseman Nick Gonzales for Team Mexico all will look to lead their country to international glory.
Name | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|
Oneil Cruz | Outfielder | Dominican Republic |
Spencer Horwitz | First Baseman | Israel |
Nick Gonzales | Second Baseman | Mexico |
February 16 – First full-squad workout
Pittsburgh has 20 position players, outside of the catchers and those in the WBC, that will have to at least come by the first full-squad workout next week on Feb. 16.
New additions in the likes of second baseman Brandon Lowe and outfielder Jake Mangum from the trade with the Rays, free agent Ryan O'Hearn and outfielder prospect Jhostynxon García in a trade with the Boston Red Sox will all report.
So too will important returning players like Jared Triolo, Bryan Reynolds, plus the top prospect in baseball in Konnor Griffin, breakout prospect in Esmerlyn Valdez and fourth overall pick in 2022 in Termarr Johnson.
Name | Position | 40-Man NRI |
|---|---|---|
Jack Brannigan | Third Baseman | 40-Man |
Brandon Lowe | Second Baseman | 40-Man |
Ryan O'Hearn | 1B/DH/LF/RF | 40-Man |
Jared Triolo | Infield Utility | 40-Man |
Enmanuel Valdez | 2B/1B | 40-Man |
Nick Yorke | 2B/1B/RF/3B | 40-Man |
Billy Cook | Outfielder | 40-Man |
Jhostynxon García | Outfielder | 40-Man |
Jake Mangum | Outfielder | 40-Man |
Bryan Reynolds | Right Fielder | 40-Man |
Jack Suwinski | Outfielder | 40-Man |
Esmerlyn Valdez | RF/1B | 40-Man |
Nick Cimilio | 1B/DH | NRI |
Dominic Fletcher | Outfielder | NRI |
Konnor Griffin | SS/CF | NRI |
Mitch Jebb | CF/2B/DH | NRI |
Termarr Johnson | Second Baseman | NRI |
Ronny Simon | Outfielder/Infielder | NRI |
Davis Wendzel | Infielder | NRI |
Alika Williams | Infielder | NRI |
Dominic writes for Pittsburgh Pirates On SI, Pittsburgh Panthers Pn SI and also, Pittsburgh Steelers On SI. A Pittsburgh native, Dominic grew up watching Pittsburgh Sports and wrote for The Pitt News as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh, covering Pitt Athletics. He would write for Pittsburgh Sports Now after college and has years of experience covering sports across Pittsburgh.