The Pirates announced 11 more players who will attend spring training as nonroster invitees this season, including four who pitched for the major league club in limited duty last season.
Righties Montana DuRapau, Luis Escobar and James Marvel and lefty Williams Jerez pitched for the Pirates last season. The other seven players invited Monday are catchers Christian Kelley and Jason Delay, outfielder Jared Oliva, right-handed pitchers Tom Koehler and Nick Mears and lefties Nik Turley and Blake Weiman.
All 11 players were previously in the Pirates system. Koehler, 33, has the most big league experience of the bunch, having gone 36-53 with a 4.43 ERA with the Marlins from 2012-17. He has missed most of the last two seasons after shoulder surgery.
