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Pirates Select Alex McRae, Transfer Corey Dickerson To 60-Day IL

By Connor Byrne | May 27, 2019 at 10:10am CDT

The Pirates announced that they’ve selected right-hander Alex McRae’s contract from Triple-A Indianapolis. To make 40-man room for McRae, Pittsburgh transferred outfielder Corey Dickerson from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL. The club also optioned reliever Dovydas Neverauskas.

McRae, a 10th-round pick of the Pirates in 2014, debuted in the majors last year with a 6 1/3-inning showing. He struggled during that small sample size, though, and the team outrighted him off its 40-man in December. The 26-year-old McRae also hasn’t been all that effective in Indianapolis, where he has logged a 4.89 ERA with 8.0 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in 165 2/3 innings since 2018.

Dickerson went to the 10-day IL on April 4 because of a right posterior shoulder strain. Considering he has already missed almost two months, Monday’s transaction shouldn’t affect Dickerson’s timetable. He just embarked on a rehab assignment May 24.

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  1. mlb1225

    6 years ago

    This man has an ERA over 5 in AAA right now. What is the issue with Dario Agrazal?

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    • hiflew

      6 years ago

      Because he will be a lot easier to DFA once Dickerson is ready to come back in a couple of days. This is an obvious roster squeeze move.

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      6 years ago

      No issue except that Agrazal just got to AAA and I’m assuming that they don’t want to rush him. Everything I’ve read said that they really like Agrazal, but the Bucs always seem to be methodical to the point of stubbornness when it comes to moving pitching talent up level by level.

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  2. leefieux

    6 years ago

    McRae is nothing more than a body to eat up innings after Kingham gets lit up (again) in game 1. How this team is still at .500 is amazing.

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      6 years ago

      Their pitching staff is being held together with badly frayed duct tape at this point. For at least a month they’ve had a minimum of 4 pitchers on the roster who have no business being in the majors, and usually it’s been more than 4. McRae just adds to the list of spare parts.

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    • Mendoza Line 215

      6 years ago

      Kingham actually pitched well for four innings.How Hurdle expects a guy like Kingham who has not pitched much to go five and three times through the order is beyond me.He should have had someone warmed up and ready which he of course did not.
      He loses too many games.

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  3. PiratesFan1981

    6 years ago

    Jesus, is Dickerson ever going to play this year?

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  4. army123456

    6 years ago

    Why would you make this roster move while your in contention for a play off birth? Dumb move. They should have went out and traded for a starter and reliever. Pirates are cheap. They want to field a minor league and give up the season. Boycott the games.

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    • billbucs

      6 years ago

      They traded for a starter last year and people are still complaining about what they gave up. I find it very sad that people are so focused on complaining and whining about every single move rather than wait to see if the moves work out over time. Everything fails in their eyes before a game is even played

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