The Yankees have continued to remain active on the free agent market as they bring in Josh VanMeter for their Minor League depth. He won’t occupy a spot on the 40-man roster and instead will serve as Triple-A depth for the team in the situation where they have a myriad of injury issues.
Jean Segura came off the board last week on a two-year deal with the Marlins. That removed the top remaining free agent middle infielder, leaving clubs with very few possibilities for help either at shortstop or second base.
VanMeter hit .187 in 2022. Just minutes before first pitch, the Pirates made a move many thought would potentially come days or weeks ago. Pittsburgh designated utility man Josh VanMeter for assignment Wednesday afternoon before the first of two games against the New York Mets.
Yeah, yeah, Cruz’s record-breaking exit velocity, but the swarm began with Josh Vanmeter’s errors I have noted this before, but it bears repeating: Every time someone notes that something’s never happened, it invariably happens.
Some people need to engage their brains before they engage their fingers on a keyboard. Although I am on Twitter, obviously, I’m old, so I remember the days before everyone felt the need to let their brain vomit onto the internet (yes, I realize the irony).
It’s no secret that Josh VanMeter hasn’t been good for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but it can’t be understated how bad he makes the team when he plays. The Pittsburgh Pirates have not been very good this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a few roster moves on Monday afternoon, including the return of one of many rehabbing players in Triple-A. The Pittsburgh Pirates have several players currently on rehab assignments with their Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis.
Kicking things off in Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Pirates minor league roundup is a shutout victory for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians The top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates took home a 2-0 shutout victory on Wednesday.
After a slow start to the season that led to him drawing a lot of vitriol from fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Josh VanMeter has turned it up at the plate since early May Few players on the Pittsburgh Pirates roster have drawn more ire this season than Josh VanMeter.
An error at first by Josh VanMeter got the Padres back in the game. Bryan Reynolds homered and Jose Quintana had another good start, but some ugly play at first base by Josh VanMeter allowed the San Diego Padres back in the game and the Pittsburgh Pirates never recovered in a 4-3 defeat.
Homers from Suwinski and VanMeter lead the comeback (and series!) win. The start wasn’t that great, but the finish was awesome. The Pittsburgh Pirates came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 this afternoon at PNC Park, taking two out of three games in the series.
The Pirates starting catcher got hurt and their backup got ejected on Saturday in Cincinnati
Last week the Pittsburgh Pirates traded for utility man Josh VanMeter. What about VanMeter’s game makes him an intriguing bench player to have? In a move that came as a surprise, late last week the Pittsburgh Pirates traded for utility man Josh VanMeter.
The Pirates and Diamondbacks announced a deal sending utilityman Josh VanMeter to Pittsburgh for minor league pitcher Listher Sosa.
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