The Pirates have selected the contract of right-hander Chase De Jong, per a team announcement. To make room for De Jong on the active roster, Yerry De Los Santos has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. No corresponding 40-man roster move was necessary to accomodate De Jong, as the Pirates had open space on the 40-man roster, which now stands at 38.
A second-round pick by the Blue Jays in the 2012 draft, De Jong has fashioned a career for himself as a journeyman reliever since his big league debut with the Mariners in 2017, when he posted a 6.35 ERA in 28 1/3 innings of work. Following his time in Seattle, De Jong joined the Twins and Astros organizations before arriving in Pittsburgh on a minor league deal in January of 2021. Since then, he’s pitched to a 2.70 ERA in 43 1/3 innings at the Triple-A level while posting a 4.33 ERA 124 2/3 innings of work at the big league level.
That includes a brutal start to his 2023 campaign, where De Jong posted a 10.61 ERA in 9 1/3 innings of work with identical 10.6% strikeout and walk rates. That led the Pirates to designate De Jong for assignment last month, though he eventually accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A, paving the way for today’s return to the roster. De Jong figures to join Angel Perdomo and Yohan Ramirez in covering the middle innings for the Pirates going forward.
As for De Los Santos, the 25-year-old returns to Triple-A just one day after being recalled to the roster for his 2023 debut. De Los Santos recorded two outs for the Pirates in yesterday’s game while recording a strikeout and a walk. He’ll return to Indianapolis and act as bullpen depth going forward.
I don’t like this move, but I understand it. The bullpen has been overworked this series. De Jong can eat two or three innings if need be. He probably won’t be used unless the Pirates are up/down by a lot today or the starting pitcher can’t get out of the first three innings. With Rich Hll on the mound, however, you don’t know if you’re gonna get six quality innings or barely making it through four.
I thought they would bring DUJ back hasn’t pitched since last Friday. Ya I get it though with bullpen situation.
They’d have to put DUJ back on the 40 man. This way they won’t have to DFA anyone
Only have 38 now.
The reason acquisition Borucki has been almost perfect in five appearances so he may be next.
Henry Davis is being promoted to AAA Indy, according to the Tribune Review
Can’t have Holderman going 3 days straight, especially after giving up the hr to the Cardinals, I don’t like it either.
I was surprised that they brought Yerry up in the first place as he has been having a miserable year in AAA.
They are doing this to get a warm body.Hopefully,De Jong got better in his brief stay in AAA.
De Los Santos has like a .483 batting average on balls in play at Triple-A. Not saying he’s the second coming of Mariano Rivera, but I definitley think he’s better than his Triple-A numbers suggest on the surface. But I definitley think the Pirates have much better minor league relievers right now than YDLS.
Yerry did terrible yeah, but he was solid last year in the majors.
Holderman threw 30 pitches in his one inning yesterday but my question is why Shelton pulled Ortiz after the rain delay yet the Cards allowed Montgomery to pitch also after the rain delay
24 year old vs a vet
Excuses excuses
Next you’ll defend Shelton putting Suwinkski batting 3rd when the team’s hottest hitter is batting 5th (Hayes)
Suwinski has more Ks than hits
So you’re not okay with a guy batting .300 with a 1.037 OPS with RISP batting third, the position in the line-up that sees the second most RISP on average in 2023? You’re so obsessed with guys striking out you’re willfuly ignorant to how a player is doing overall.
Hayes was batting lead off for most of the season and was dreadful. Why put him 3rd in the order when he found his groove at hitting 5th/6th (where I believe he should be at) last week or so. Let him hit there and keep Santana out of that spot.
I’m obsessed with players striking out with men in scoring position
Since when is Suwinski hitting .300?
It’s too early in the day for you to be inebriated
I’m not defending Hayes at leadoff but Suwinski doesn’t make consistent contact enough to be batting 3rd
You clearly only read the first few words of my comment and just automatically assumed the rest. I said Jack Suwinski is batting .300 with a 1.037 OPS with men in scoring position this year. Overall, he is batting .300/.412/.625 with RISP. That’s a higher BA than Randy, Vlad Jr., and Jose Ramirez with RISP.
I clearly don’t care what other players are batting with runners in scoring position and will repeat this again as I did in another comment
Suwinkski doesn’t make contact enough to be batting 3rd. He has more Ks than hits
Now if you don’t suffer from reading comprehension I’ll assume this conversation is over
My point is I never said Suwinski is batting .300, I only said he’s batting .300 with RISP.
that average dropped today when he struck out with runners on second and first base
Yeah he struck out. Add it to his team lead
@the man Suwinski is hitting there because no one else can besides Reynolds. I get understand the question of why Suwinski as 3rd man up in the lineup. I like the idea of this lineup:
1.Bae LF
2.Suwinski CF
3.Reynolds RF
4.McCutchen DH
5.Hayes 3B
6.Delay C
7.Santana 1B
8.Marcano SS
9. Castro 2B
Without Delay
1.Bae 2B
2.Joe RF
3.Reynolds LF
4.Suwinski CF
5.McCutchen DH
6.Hayes 3B
7.Santana 1B
8.Hedges C
9.Marcano/Castro SS
Now if they bring up Endy and Gonzalez, Endy behind Hayes and Gonzales behind Santana with Hedges the odd man out.
Unless someone jumps up and becomes a bonafide MLB, consistent hitter, Shelton is simply going to have to ride whomever he thinks is hot, all season
As you stated, only Reynolds looks to be a guy who’ll be in the .300 ballpark and a homer and RBI guy. I think Cutch can still produce, too, albeit to a somewhat lesser extent
But other than these guys, what’s the recourse? Where are the hits and runs going to come from?
And as for Davis, Endy, Gonzalez and perhaps Swaggerty, they’re going to be following on the path of much ballyhooed guys who got here in the past year or so and have not been able to demonstrate they are big time hitters
They’re a half game out of first in one of MLB’s weaker divisions. Unless they go into another tailspin like they did in May, it’s hard to see them doing anything with minor league talent and easier to envision more tinkering with the lineup card
Paul-Shelton said that it was because Ortiz is a young pitcher and the delay was over an hour,while Montgomery is a veteran who would know how to deal with it.He did not want to risk injury to Ortiz,which for the Pirates is especially important having no real backups at this point.
For as often as they promote then demote pitchers why not give Priester his first ML start?
They do a lot of strange things shuttling guys between the majors and minor league level, for sure. I don’t know what Priester and other young arms have been doing at the minor league level but I do get that they are looking for some semblance of consistency among their starters while doing the mix and match game with their middle relievers
But 60 games in, let’s admit it. Despite having a number of guys who are average players, at best, they’re a helluva lot more exciting to watch than the past 2-3 seasons. I don’t know if it’s the influence of Cutch and Santana or just some added maturity, but at the very least, they’ll scrap in every game. That’s a marked improvement over what we’ve seen. Don’t know if they’ll hang in all year but it’s been a nice surprise
They’re promoting Henry Davis to Indy, according to the Trib
Corn-Priester era is 4.35.K’s about one per inning,BBs about three per nine innings.He started out roughly but has been pitching better the last month.I think that they will promote him later in the year unless they need him earlier but he still needs time in AAA.
There was some bad luck in his early season starts. Ended April with a BABIP of like .404 despite little to no change in his batted ball rates. Much better in May, however. Plus he’s also been working with a sinker more often than a fastball this year. There’s always going to be a learning curve to adding a new pitch.
He just pitched Friday.
Yee!!! Go Chase!!