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Pirates Claim Sean Poppen, Designate JT Riddle

By Connor Byrne | October 1, 2020 at 3:24pm CDT

The Pirates have claimed right-hander Sean Poppen off waivers from the Twins, Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic tweets. Pittsburgh designated infielder/outfielder JT Riddle for assignment in a corresponding move.

Poppen, whom the Twins designated earlier this week, saw brief action with the team in each of the past two seasons, but the 26-year-old Harvard alumnus struggled along the way. He’ll join the Pirates with a 6.19 ERA (but a far better 3.33 FIP), 10.69 K/9, 5.06 BB/9 and a 48.8 percent groundball rate over 16 big league innings. Poppen was effective during his Triple-A debut a year ago, though, as he threw 61 innings of 3.84 ERA/3.92 FIP ball, notched 10.03 K/9 against 3.98 BB/9, and posted an excellent 56.9 GB percentage.

Riddle joined the Pirates on an $850K deal last offseason after logging significant at-bats with the Marlins from 2017-19. The 28-year-old recorded a woeful line with the Bucs, hitting .149/.174/.224 with one home run and a 4 wRC+ in 69 plate appearances. Overall, Riddle has batted .222/.261/.355 with 19 HRs through 787 PA in the majors.

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19 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    suprised he made it through the whole AL

    Reply
    • JonnyMLB

      5 years ago

      Waiver claim order is based on record with no preference to league starting last year

      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        5 years ago

        source? not saying you are wrong, but i haven’t been able to find anything online to that effect.

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        • JonnyMLB

          5 years ago

          thecubreporter.com/07052019/two-2019-mlb-rules-changes-note

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        • JonnyMLB

          5 years ago

          Second section, 4th paragraph. If the link doesn’t work, my apologies. I am an old man trying to learn new things.

          Reply
        • JonnyMLB

          5 years ago

          thecubreporter.com/07052019/two-2019-mlb-rules-cha…

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        • Mendoza Line 215

          5 years ago

          Jonny-You are not an old man if you still love baseball like you did when you were a little kid.
          On the other hand,you are an old man with computers if you are over 35.

          Reply
  2. sch1989 2

    5 years ago

    I think he could end up being the Sam Howard of the team next year IF he makes it all offseason on the 40 man.

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  3. bobtillman

    5 years ago

    He hasn’t logged a lot of innings, so I guess you can say he’s Poppen fresh.

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    • leefieux

      5 years ago

      Lol

      Reply
    • tim815

      5 years ago

      d’oh

      Reply
  4. Monkey’s Uncle

    5 years ago

    Things are Poppen in Pittsburgh today.

    Reply
    • leefieux

      5 years ago

      Just another mediocre RP. Cherington has his work cut out.

      Reply
  5. meadowlark96

    5 years ago

    His stats are definitely not eye poppen

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  6. flansbaum

    5 years ago

    Just another dumpster dive. When will it end?

    Reply
  7. Mendoza Line 215

    5 years ago

    I reviewed their 40 man roster and they are going to have to get rid of a lot of guys if they want to abide by the rules and get to 40 with the DL guys coming off it.
    I had it at 40 or 41 with just the guys that they have with reductions for guys like Riddle.

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    • clemente3000

      5 years ago

      There are several that they could get rid of that would not be a big deal. There are several JT Riddle like.

      Reply
  8. Mendoza Line 215

    5 years ago

    I think Archer,Bashlor,Neverauskas,Holland,Rios,Murphy,Kramer,and Martin are all gone,plus a couple more.Those named above will not hurt but any more will be cutting some potentia,if only small amounts.
    I think that they should resign Kela to have him and Burdi and Rodriguez act as closers.Shelton is afraid to pitch any of these three on back to back days,nor before the ninth inning when another reliever screws up.

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    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      5 years ago

      What’s archer’s option? Like 11 Mil?

      If hes flipped at the trade deadline, what’re they on the hook for? 7.5 Mil ?

      I’d say its worth it

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