The Pittsburgh Pirates announced their first cuts of spring training after Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, sending three top-10 prospects to their minor league camp at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla.
Right-handed pitchers Bubba Chandler and Thomas Harrington and left-hander Anthony Solometo, along with infielder Andres Alvarez, were reassigned to minor league camp.
Baseball America ranks Chandler the Pirates’ No. 2 prospect and No. 59 in its top 100. Solometo is ranked the Pirates’ No. 5 prospect and Harrington No. 7.
Left-hander Jackson Wolf was optioned to Double-A Altoona, where he finished last season after being acquired from the San Diego Padres in the trade for lefty Rich Hill and first baseman Ji-Man Choi.
There are now 64 players (59 active) remaining in big league camp.
Kevin Gorman is a TribLive reporter covering the Pirates. A Baldwin native and Penn State graduate, he joined the Trib in 1999 and has covered high school sports, Pitt football and basketball and was a sports columnist for 10 years. He can be reached at kgorman@triblive.com.