Pittsburgh Pirates Depth Chart 2026 - CBS Sports

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	H. DavisHenry Davis	J. BartJoey Bart	—
First Base	S. HorwitzSpencer Horwitz	R. O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut Ryan O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut	B. Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut Brandon Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut B. CookBilly Cook N. YorkeNick Yorke J. Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role Jared Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role
Second Base	B. Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut Brandon Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut	N. YorkeNick Yorke	N. Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two Nick Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two J. Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role Jared Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role S. HorwitzSpencer Horwitz
Shortstop	J. Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role Jared Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role	N. Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two Nick Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two	O. CruzOneil Cruz N. YorkeNick Yorke
Third Base	N. Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two Nick Gonzales Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Knocks in two	N. YorkeNick Yorke	J. Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role Jared Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role
Left Field	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	J. MangumJake Mangum	R. O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut Ryan O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut N. YorkeNick Yorke B. CookBilly Cook
Center Field	O. CruzOneil Cruz	J. MangumJake Mangum	N. YorkeNick Yorke B. CookBilly Cook B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds
Right Field	R. O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut Ryan O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut	J. MangumJake Mangum	N. YorkeNick Yorke B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds B. CookBilly Cook J. Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role Jared Triolo Pirates' Jared Triolo: In line for everyday shortstop role
Designated Hitter	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	R. O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut Ryan O'Hearn Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn: Productive in Pirates debut	B. Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut Brandon Lowe Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Shows out in Pirates debut B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds O. CruzOneil Cruz J. BartJoey Bart S. HorwitzSpencer Horwitz

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
P. Skenes Pirates' Paul Skenes: Records only two outs during opener Paul Skenes Pirates' Paul Skenes: Records only two outs during opener	M. KellerMitch Keller	B. ChandlerBubba Chandler	B. AshcraftBraxton Ashcraft	C. MlodzinskiCarmen Mlodzinski

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
D. Santana Pirates' Dennis Santana: Will not be full-time closer Dennis Santana Pirates' Dennis Santana: Will not be full-time closer G. Soto Pirates' Gregory Soto: Could see save chances Gregory Soto Pirates' Gregory Soto: Could see save chances	J. LawrenceJustin Lawrence	M. MontgomeryMason Montgomery I. MattsonIsaac Mattson Y. RamirezYohan Ramirez H. Barco Pirates' Hunter Barco: Makes Opening Day roster Hunter Barco Pirates' Hunter Barco: Makes Opening Day roster J. Urquidy Pirates' Jose Urquidy: Makes roster Jose Urquidy Pirates' Jose Urquidy: Makes roster