Brandan

Bidois

One wouldn’t typically expect Lake Bachar to net three players in trade, but it makes sense if it’s these three players. Bidois, a 25-year-old reliever, is the best bet of the group to help a major league team. He already has been up to make 15 relief appearances for the Pirates, but he posted a 6.32 ERA. That’s actually better than his 8.10 ERA in Triple-A. Between the two levels, he’s walked 29 in 35 2/3 innings. He touches 98-99 mph and has a quality slider, so he’s hardly hopeless. He just needs to throw more strikes.

Bidois was hit hard by the Phillies in his last outing and holds a lackluster 6.32 ERA, 1.98 WHIP and 20/12 K/BB ratio across 15 2/3 innings during his first taste of the big leagues.

Bidois returns to the big leagues with fellow rookie Wilber Dotel hitting the injured list with a lat strain. The 24-year-old has posted a respectable 4.05 ERA, 1.65 WHIP and 16/11 K/BB ratio across 13 1/3 innings for the Pirates this season.

Despite struggling to a 7.20 ERA in 15 innings at Triple-A, Bidois posted a solid 4.05 ERA in 13 1/3 innings with the Pirates. However, his 16/11 K/BB ratio was a bit of a problem. He’ll get another chance later this season.

Bidois earns his first call-up to the big leagues after posting an inflated 7.20 ERA and 23/9 K/BB ratio across 15 innings at Triple-A Indianapolis. The 24-year-old prospect was added to Pittsburgh’s 40-man roster last November and will be making his major-league debut when he gets into a game.

We’re still early enough in spring training that these large batches of cuts don’t usually come with any major surprises. Harrington pitched well in Grapefruit League action, posting a 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and a 2/3 K/BB ratio over six innings. He should get an opportunity with the Pirates at some point during the 2026 campaign.

Valdez is the clear headliner on the heels of a transcendent Arizona Fall League campaign where he batted .368/.513/.842 with eight round-trippers in 19 games. The 21-year-old slugger’s emergence gives the Pirates another potential high-impact bat to pair with blue-chip prospects Konnor Griffin and Edward Florentino, who will enter next season among the top-ranked talents in baseball. He’s officially protected from selection in next month’s Rule 5 Draft and should enter next spring as one of the more exciting talents for fantasy managers to monitor in the upper minors.