Pirates Outright Christian Bethancourt to Triple-A Indianapolis

By Mark Polishuk | at September 7, 2026 8:44pm CDT The Pirates announced that catcher Christian Bethancourt has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Indianapolis. Bethancourt has the ability to decline this assignment in favor of free agency, but there isn’t yet any word on the backstop’s decision. Bethancourt has hit .229/.259/.362 over 1301 plate appearances and 427 Major League games over parts of eight MLB seasons from 2013-24. His lengthy career includes a four-year gap (2018-21) in between big league games due to the pandemic, a brief run in the KBO League, and several minor league stints without…