His contract has been selected to the 40-man roster, and Simon has indeed been transferred to the 60-day IL to create space. Sept. 22: The Pirates are calling up pitching prospect Hunter Barco, reports Brent Martineau of CBS47/FOX30. But the most notable part of the Pirates’ roster is their collection of talented and controllable starting pitching options. Then there’s a big cluster of young guys who are just bubbling to the big league level. Bubba Chandler, Mike Burrows, Braxton Ashcraft and Thomas Harrington have all made it to the majors but each one still has fewer than 100 big league innings, with varying degrees of big league success.