The Pirates have signed right-hander Beau Sulser to a minor league deal, per John Dreker of Pirates Prospects. The righty has been assigned to Double-A Altoona.
It’s a return to the Pirates’ organization for Sulser, who was drafted by the Bucs in 2017. He was able to make his major league debut with Pittsburgh last year, though he was designated for assignment after four appearances. He was claimed off waivers by the Orioles and spent the rest of 2022 serving as an up-and-down arm for them. He made six more appearances on the year around frequent optional assignments. He finished 2022 with a 3.63 ERA in 22 1/3 big league innings between the two clubs and a 4.13 ERA in 56 2/3 Triple-A innings.
The O’s designated him for assignment in October of last year, at which point the Pirates brought him back aboard via another waiver claim. But he was outrighted in November and signed with the KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization. The move to Korea didn’t work out for him as he posted a 5.62 ERA through 49 2/3 innings in nine starts.
The Wiz released Sulser earlier this month and he has now reunited with the Pirates yet again. He’ll head to Altoona and look to get himself into a groove and back to the big leagues. If he succeeds, he still has a couple of options and won’t be able to get to a full year of service time here in 2023.
His brother, Alca will soon follow.
I am convinced that everyone and their grandmother has now made an appearance for the Pirates
Well, think about how large of roles Pittsburgh was expecting from JT Brubaker, Vince Velasquez, & Jarlin Garcia heading into the season..
Priester gotta be up soon. Dominated his last start at AAA . I’d bet if he throws another gem in his next 2 starts we see him replace Roansy in the rotation
Like Nick Gonzales at SS , the need for rotation help outweighs a relaxed timeline to bring up Preister
Bring up Priester’s name and you get mixed reactions from the crowd here. Hard to know where he is right now but hey, how long can they keep going to Bido?
Keller is Keller, but Oviedo and Ortiz have looked promising in between the kinds of “off starts” you get from kids sometimes. And Shane about Brubaker. Sure looked like he had refined his spin pitches in spring training and his love affair with throwing dead red was seemingly overwith
Original comment was really in regards to last 3 seasons as the Pirates have had the revolving door in the pitching staff. MLBTR will often publish a picture of a guy in a Pirates uniform, and I can’t even remember him being here to begin with
Listen to Fangraphs podcast w Priester from spring and he tells you exactly where he is. Hes in a good spot and just turned 23.
Grandmama can only dunk a basketball.
A Family Matters reference. Nice.
I don’t exactly have high hopes for a guy who couldn’t hack it in the Korean leagues.