The Bucs made their roster moves for today’s deadline. It was cutdown day in MLB, where teams had to get down to 26 players, which means the Pittsburgh Pirates had decisions to make on a number of possibilities for their roster moves.
The Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen has been killed by these two lefties, but can improve the situation in the near future. Every bullpen needs some left-handed relievers.
Wednesday afternoon the Pittsburgh Pirates activated a relief pitcher off the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Indianapolis During Wednesday afternoon’s 4-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Pittsburgh Pirates reported a roster move.
While the minor league affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates went 0-3 on Tuesday night there were some notable performances worth talking about Making his second rehab outing lefty Sam Howard made the start for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.
Despite posting up-and-down results out of the bullpen the past two seasons, lefty Sam Howard should get another opportunity with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2022 Early in the 2021 season left-handed reliever Sam Howard was pitching as well as anyone in the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen.
Tucker had been hitting well in spring training before the league-wide shutdown, putting up a slash line of .296/.387./.667, much better than his 2019 big league output of .211/.266/.361.
In NBA history, a player 24 years or younger has averaged 16 PPG and 11 RPG in one postseason on 42 occasions. How many of the 42 can you name in five minutes?