The Pirates have claimed righty A.J. Schugel off waivers from the Mariners, Pittsburgh announced. A corresponding move was not announced.
Schugel has found himself bouncing around the wire this winter. First, he was bumped from the Diamondbacks’ roster to make way for Zack Greinke. Seattle claimed him but set him loose to add Joe Wieland. And now he’s landed in Pittsburgh.
The 26-year-old threw 115 1/3 innings of 4.84 ERA pitching with 6.2 K/9 against 2.5 BB/9 in his second attempt at Triple-A last year. He did earn his first brief call-up to the majors, though, and has more success in the lower levels of the minors in prior seasons.
Congrats AJ. Pittsburgh has a diamond in the rough.
Even for minor league depth, Schugel seems pretty unexciting, although I admit I know nothing about him other than reading his minor league stats. Unless I am mistaken, the Bucs need to make a corresponding move to drop someone from the 40-man roster to make room for Schugel.
He didn’t get on the hill until 3-4 years ago. He’s just learning how to pitch and has a live arm
Still waiting for Buccos to add a LHP to the pen.
He can slot into the AAA bullpen in middle relief, see if anything develops
This takes the Mariners out of World Series contention