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.
they should outright the manager instead
Outright Nutting.
Suffice it to say, he’s been Bruihl-tal as a Pirate.
Kept him in minors Justin case.
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.
Apparently he wasn’t worth a look or they looked and didn’t like what they seen.
Just release him. Brining these guys in who can’t get major league hitters out just puts the team in a bad position.
A+ Outright
He was outright brutal. Ironically the Pirates also outright Bruihl.
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
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
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.
he already accepted the assignment at Indy and has a major league contract
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