PBR Teams’ Trade Deadline Passes, Regular Season Rosters Officially Locked
By James Youness
GLENDALE, Ariz. – With Sept. 28 marking the PBR Camping World Team Series’ Trade Deadline and corresponding Regular Season Roster Lock date, all eight teams have officially submitted their final roster designations for the stretch run.
With teams able to lock in up to seven riders to their respective Protected Roster and an additional five to their Reserve Roster (plus up to two riders on Injured Reserve), each organization has finalized the 12 to 14 riders it will carry into the final two events of the season and heading into the 2023 PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas Oct. 20-22.
During the final two regular season events and season-culminating gauntlet inside T-Mobile Center, teams will be allowed to release riders from either their Protected Roster or Reserve Roster but will not be permitted to sign free agents until the conclusion of 2023 competition.
The only instance in which a team can sign a free agent for the remainder of 2023 competition is if they delegate a rider from either the Protected Roster or Reserve Roster to Injured Reserve (assuming they have room to do so, as each team is limited to two Injured Reserve spots).
While the league saw a few trades occur in the weeks leading into this year’s Trade Deadline, the Kansas City Outlaws and Carolina Cowboys were the only teams actively engaged in swaps this week, with the Outlaws acquiring 24-year-old Sandro Batista from the Cowboys in exchange for future considerations.
Other trades that occurred earlier this season include:
As of early Friday afternoon, the final transactions leading up to this year’s Regular Season Roster Lock involved two free agent signings (both of whom are slated to make their debuts Friday night) and a pair of personnel moves as Kansas City welcomed back another rider from IR:
The Carolina Cowboys signed Conner Halverson to the Reserve Roster
The Oklahoma Freedom signed Grayson Cole to the Reserve Roster
The Kansas City Outlaws placed Leonardo Castro Ferreira on the Protected Roster from Injured Reserve and delegated Julio Cesar Marques to the Reserve Roster
With just six games remaining in the regular season slate, here’s how each team’s personnel situation is shaping up heading into Glendale:
ARIZONA RIDGE RIDERS
Protected Roster: Eduardo Aparecido, Luciano De Castro, Chase Dougherty, Vitor Losnake, Leandro Machado, Nick Tetz, Keyshawn Whitehorse
Reserve Roster: Levi Gray, Davi Henrique da Lima, Guilherme Valleiras
Injured Reserve: Jesse Petri, Colten Fritzlan
AUSTIN GAMBLERS
Protected Roster: Lucas Divino, Dalton Kasel, Jose Vitor Leme, Ramon de Lima, Ezekiel Mitchell, Austin Richardson, Adriano Salgado
Reserve Roster: Cort McFadden, Claudio Montanha Jr., Rafael Henrique dos Santos
Injured Reserve: None (Open x2)
CAROLINA COWBOYS
Protected Roster: Boudreaux Campbell, Cooper Davis, Daniel Feitosa, Sage Steele Kimzey, Trey Kimzey, Cladson Rodolfo, Flavio Zivieri
Reserve Roster: Dawson Branton, Trevor Kastner, Afonso Junior Quintino, Conner Halverson
Injured Reserve: Daylon Swearingen, Josh Frost
KANSAS CITY OUTLAWS
Protected Roster: Sandro Batista, Cassio Dias, Koltin Hevalow, Mauricio Gulla Moreira, Kyler Oliver, Wingson Henrique da Silva, Leonardo Castro Ferreira
Reserve Roster: Brady Portenier, Wyatt Rogers, Bob Mitchell, Julio Cesar Marques
Injured Reserve: Marcus Mast (Open x1)
MISSOURI THUNDER
Protected Roster: Andrew Alvidrez, Qynn Andersen, Joao Lucas Campos, Felipe Furlan, Briggs Madsen, Kade Madsen, Paulo Rossetto
Reserve Roster: Andy Bohl, Luke Parkinson, Marcelo Procopio Pereira, Manoelito de Souza Jr.
Injured Reserve: Eduardo Matos (Open x1)
NASHVILLE STAMPEDE
Protected Roster: Silvano Alves, Dener Barbosa, Bruno Carvalho, Kaiden Loud, Chase Outlaw, Alan de Souza, Mason Taylor
Reserve Roster: Ednelio Almeida, Joao Henrique Lucas, Matt Triplett, Mason Moody
Injured Reserve: Jess Lockwood, Kaique Pacheco
OKLAHOMA FREEDOM
Protected Roster: Caden Bunch, Alex Cerqueira, Alisson de Souza, Dawson Gleaves, Elizmar Jeremias, Casey Roberts, Thiago Salgado
Reserve Roster: Bill Henry, Roscoe Jarboe, Coy Pollmeier, Trevor Reiste, Grayson Cole
Injured Reserve: Tate Pollmeier, Derek Kolbaba
TEXAS RATTLERS
Protected Roster: Brady Fielder, Cody Jesus, Daniel Keeping, Brady Oleson, Braidy Randolph, Eli Vastbinder, Joao Ricardo Vieira
Reserve Roster: Alvaro Ariel, Trace Redd, Creek Young
Injured Reserve: None (Open x2)
Fans can stay tuned to PBR.com and PBR social media channels throughout the weekend at PBR Ridge Riders Days in Glendale, Arizona, and during the remainder of the 2023 PBR Camping World Team Series!
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