Overview
- Pittsburgh claimed Marco Luciano off outright waivers from San Francisco on Friday, filling the Pirates’ 40-man roster and listing him as an outfielder.
- Because he has no minor-league options, the Pirates cannot assign Luciano to Triple-A without first exposing him to waivers.
- Luciano spent 2025 in Triple-A and has posted a .227/.351/.401 line with a 29.6% strikeout rate over 226 Triple-A games, plus a .217/.286/.304 line in 126 major league plate appearances.
- Once a consensus top-100 prospect after signing out of the Dominican Republic for $2.6 million in 2018, he peaked at No. 12 on Baseball America’s list and was viewed as a potential heir to Brandon Crawford.
- The Giants had shifted him from shortstop to second base and then the outfield, while moves such as signing Willy Adames, keeping Nick Ahmed at shortstop, and acquiring Joey Wiemer narrowed his path to their roster.