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Pirates Outright Justin Bruihl

By Anthony Franco | July 9, 2024 at 7:19pm CDT

Pirates reliever Justin Bruihl accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Indianapolis, the team announced. Pittsburgh had designated the left-hander for assignment over the weekend. Pittsburgh also reinstated Quinn Priester from the 15-day injured list and optioned Edward Olivares to Indianapolis.

Bruihl has been a member of the Bucs for around a month. Pittsburgh signed him to a big league contract on June 6 (coincidentally in tandem with Priester’s IL placement). Manager Derek Shelton called upon Bruihl seven times. He surrendered six runs on nine hits and a walk across 5 2/3 frames. That brief stint at PNC Park marked Bruihl’s fourth consecutive season logging MLB action. He split the 2021-23 campaigns between the Dodgers and Rockies, combining for a 4.22 ERA over 72 appearances.

While Bruihl was hit hard in his limited MLB action this season, he has had a solid year in Triple-A. Splitting his time between the top affiliates of the Reds and Pirates, he owns a 2.89 ERA in 28 innings. He has fanned around a quarter of batters faced against a slightly elevated 10.2% walk rate.

Bruihl has been outrighted once before, as he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment by the Rockies last August. That gave him the right to elect free agency, but he bypassed that to remain with Indianapolis. He’ll try to pitch his way back into a bullpen that entered play Tuesday ranked 26th in the majors with a 4.51 earned run average. Bruihl would be eligible for minor league free agency next offseason if Pittsburgh doesn’t add him back to the 40-man roster.

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  1. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    they should outright the manager instead

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    • YourDreamGM

      1 year ago

      Outright Nutting.

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  2. Monkey’s Uncle

    1 year ago

    Suffice it to say, he’s been Bruihl-tal as a Pirate.

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    • YourDreamGM

      1 year ago

      Kept him in minors Justin case.

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  3. User 355748524

    1 year ago

    Might be worth a look. Has a Sinker/Sweeper mix along with a two-outcome Cutter that either gets the batter to whiff or gets annihilated (moreso the latter).

    Ground ball rate has been trending up and fly ball rate trending down.

    All in all, pretty meh, but for some teams that might be better then some of their other bullpen options…or at least fill out the depth chart in the minors.

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    • YourDreamGM

      1 year ago

      Apparently he wasn’t worth a look or they looked and didn’t like what they seen.

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  4. holecamels35

    1 year ago

    Just release him. Brining these guys in who can’t get major league hitters out just puts the team in a bad position.

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  5. YourDreamGM

    1 year ago

    A+ Outright

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  6. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 year ago

    He was outright brutal. Ironically the Pirates also outright Bruihl.

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  7. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    all jokes aside, Priester stepped up and pitched a very good game against the Brewers, 8 ks in 6 plus innings and limiting the Brewers to only 2 runs
    And the Pirates hitters found their rhythm by crunching 5 homers including Rowdy’s 100th career homer.
    Very impressive win

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  8. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    Rowdy’s homer was also against a left handed pitcher
    He now has hit 6 homers his last 13 games and is batting .360 since June 1

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  9. cguy

    1 year ago

    Suggest he sign a minor league deal with Cincy and pitch for Louisville. He was pitching well there and now that Young is traded, could possibly be called up if Moll, Suter, or Wilson are injured.

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  10. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    he already accepted the assignment at Indy and has a major league contract

    Reply
  11. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    Bucs hitters have already struck out 5 times in the first 2 innings of this game
    Swinging at pitches nowhere close to the plate has become a regular feature with them
    If they truly want to be competitive they need to be more selective in their plate discipline.
    It doesn’t help that every umpire has his own idea of where the strike zone is located

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