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Pirates Designate Jake Woodford For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | August 26, 2024 at 3:20pm CDT

The Pirates announced that they have placed catcher Joey Bart on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain and recalled catcher Henry Davis, a swap that was reported yesterday. They also reinstated infielder Nick Gonzales from the injured list and designated right-hander Jake Woodford for assignment. Robert Murray of FanSided reported on X that Woodford was being designated for assignment prior to the official announcement. Prior to that, it was noted by members of the Pittsburgh beat that Woodford was clearing out his locker. Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was among those to pass that along on X.

Woodford, 27, was selected to the club’s roster at the end of July. He has since tossed 22 innings for the Bucs over six appearances, allowing 6.95 earned runs per nine. When combined with his time with the White Sox earlier this year, Woodford has an 8.01 ERA on the season.

It’s the second straight rough campaign for Woodford, who had previously posted some decent results with the Cardinals. Over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, he tossed 116 innings for that club with a 3.26 ERA. His 15.4% strikeout rate in that time wasn’t special but he limited walks to a 7.5% clip and got grounders on 45.8% of balls in play. But his ERA jumped to 6.23 last year, which led the Cards to non-tender him, and his ERA has crept even higher here in 2024.

With the trade deadline in the rear-view mirror, the Pirates will have to place Woodford on waivers. Based on his struggles, the interest is likely to be minimal, meaning he should be a free agent in the coming days. When the White Sox designated him for assignment earlier this year, he passed through waivers unclaimed and then elected free agency, a right he had based on having at least three years of major league service time.

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41 Comments

  1. TheMan 3

    11 months ago

    It’s about time

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  2. Kruk it

    11 months ago

    House cleaning time!!!

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  3. wanderslust

    11 months ago

    As a Cardinal fan who watched Woodford at his best, he struck me as a “pitch maker” (Chris Carpenter term) who hadn’t figured it out. Over Wainright’s last 5 years when his stuff was diminished, he became a pitch maker – he’d get himself in trouble, then get the DP ball to get out. In that critical moment, he’d make the perfect pitch to escape (usually). Woodford would pitch himself into situations, but never could throw a 12:6 curve on a full count, or a back foot slider to a lefty. When you can’t do that, a guy like Woodford puts up ugly numbers.

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    • TheMan 3

      11 months ago

      “ a guy like Woodford puts up ugly numbers “

      and his era of over 8 proves it

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      • avenger65

        11 months ago

        If he’s not good enough for the White Sox, why would any other team want to sign him?

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        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          because the Pirates are frugal

          Reply
  4. cbee

    11 months ago

    Good

    Reply
  5. User 1458589769

    11 months ago

    Now get rid of the MORON and his whole staff

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  6. wvsteve

    11 months ago

    Hopefully the first of many moves this week. Why is Gonzales still in Indy?

    Reply
    • TheMan 3

      11 months ago

      Gonzalez came off of the IL today and should be in the lineup tonight playing 2nd base

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    • alwaysgo4two

      11 months ago

      Because he just started playing after the IL. He’ll be up soon.

      Reply
  7. wvpirate

    11 months ago

    It will be good to see Jared Jones back in the starting rotation.

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    • wvsteve

      11 months ago

      He is supposed to be pitch 3rd game of series. I assuming a position player goes back before then

      Reply
      • TheMan 3

        11 months ago

        probably worthless Alika Williams

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  8. NattyBroh

    11 months ago

    “Hi Jake, this is Mike Elias with the Orioles. Do you like crabcakes and short flights to Norfolk?”

    Reply
  9. User 1286178995

    11 months ago

    It’s somewhat reassuring that they made a couple logical moves today as well as getting Nick back
    Why do they need Tellez and Grandal again?

    Reply
    • holecamels35

      11 months ago

      Who else will play those positions? Grandal is fine and has rapport with two of the team’s best pitchers.

      Reply
      • User 1286178995

        11 months ago

        Who else?
        Davis and Bart, when he returns, can catch
        There’s a couple guys on the farm who can play 1st, as well as Joe
        Using your logic, they might as well sign Grandal for 5 years thanks to his rapport abilities.
        I dunno. If you’re going to give the future a look right now..as they should…why play guys who won’t be here?

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        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          Joe sucks, might as well play Rowdy there

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      • YourDreamGM

        11 months ago

        Whys Chapman still here? He makes the most $. Are they contending or tanking? If you get rid of Rowdy Grandpal you might as well get rid of Chapman and save some $. Grandpal said don’t give up in them. Cherington must have missed his radio show or there was no good quotes to report so don’t know.

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        • User 1286178995

          11 months ago

          Ah, the snark
          I am actually surprised one of the contenders didn’t opt for Chapman.
          Your question comes down to their viewpoint. Are they trying to get a look at the future or just piecemeal?
          By all accounts, Cook and Yorke are ready to come up. Bart complicates the catching spot but not necessarily 1st base
          Are they planning to sign Chapman again or is it goodbye? Still time for a contender to take him

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        • Mendoza Line 215

          11 months ago

          Dream-(1)Nutting does not want to eat $2.1 M
          (2)No one has called BC to say they would take him on waivers
          (3)he is easily their best reliever as they are still trying to win games
          (4) they very well may want to resign him

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        • User 1286178995

          11 months ago

          Again, you were amazingly prescient about the signing of Chapman and the closer role here at the time he came on board
          I’ll agree. He’s their best closer option right now. Moving forward however, you wonder
          Will they try to sign him again?
          Is he looking in the ballpark of $10m?
          What did they do with Bednar?

          I’m still of the belief that they are trying to transform Nicolas or Mlodzinski into the closer du jour. But it’s hard to see either making that leap heading into next season

          Reply
        • YourDreamGM

          11 months ago

          What? He would be claimed guaranteed. Nutting wouldn’t have to pay anything. Nutting would save $. How you know no one called? You working the phones at PNC?

          Reply
        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          who do you replace him with?
          Rowdy can’t pitch every game

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        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          if they were truly trying to win games, what is a 33 year old journeyman pitcher doing on the roster?

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    • TheMan 3

      11 months ago

      Who plays first base and does the catching when Davis can’t?

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      • User 1286178995

        11 months ago

        Again, they have a couple guys on the farm who can play 1st
        When Bart is healthy, Grandal should go
        Sorry, you can keep the deadwood

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        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          there’s only 32 games left in the season, Bart will miss at least 14 of them and there’s no guarantee he will be well enough to come back this year. He could have a setback but there’s other players that can be dumped to bring up guys from Indy
          One, Hayes would go on the 60 day IL
          Two, Connor Joe released
          Three, Bae back to Indy
          Four, Haines is fired

          Reply
        • User 1286178995

          11 months ago

          Didn’t know that about Bart. Changes everything

          Reply
        • Mendoza Line 215

          11 months ago

          Paul-Bae will have to stay if Taylor is released
          Joe may have to go for Cook or Yorke as long as Triolo can play first base
          Good idea on Hayes
          I wouldn’t mind seeing Nunez for a month to give him a chance.Rowdy would have to go though.

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        • User 1286178995

          11 months ago

          Lamb has come down to earth at Indy. If they didn’t bring him up when he was tearing up the ball, can’t see that happening. I think he’s a lot like Peguero at this point—-wondering where they can hop off this train
          Nunez hits in the .250’s. Granted, he’d be right at home if he hit that way here, but it seems none of these guys hit anywhere near as good as they do at AAA
          I know nothing about Cook other than others saying he plays anywhere
          To me, all are better options than Tellez

          I’m kind of wondering what’s going through Suwinski’s mind tonight. Struggled here. Struggling at Indy. If Cruz ends up killing it in CF—-and I think that given time, he will— you can imagine an OF of Cruz, Reynolds and De la Cruz. Shame. Had hoped the kid could work his troubles out.

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        • TheMan 3

          11 months ago

          I think Haines’ instructions to make Jack a contact hitter as opposed to being strictly a raw power hitter screwed up his head and his stats in Indy show that

          Reply
  10. panj341

    11 months ago

    Should never have started him when there were young kids who could come up and spot start.
    Pirates act like they don’t care if they lose a game or two when everyone counts this time of year .

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    • TheMan 3

      11 months ago

      if they truly cared, Haines wouldn’t have a job

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      • YourDreamGM

        11 months ago

        They aren’t acting.

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  11. This one belongs to the Reds

    11 months ago

    I gotta say, dude has been god awful against the Reds, and their offense has stunk at times all season.

    So most likely the best move. For his sake, hope he figures it out.

    Reply
  12. panj341

    11 months ago

    After tonight’s game there are 2 more so called pitchers that should be told to clean out their locker.

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    • TheMan 3

      11 months ago

      They will have to make a few roster moves after last night’s game, both German and Feigl threw too many pitches to be available if needed in Tuesday’s game
      It was just one of those games where the opposing team hit everything thrown in their direction

      Reply
  13. TheMan 3

    11 months ago

    it’s time to send Alika Williams back to Indy and bring up Yorke . He can’t be any worse

    Reply
  14. TheMan 3

    11 months ago

    I noticed that Davis still hasn’t learned the strike zone in his lone plate appearance in last night’s game
    He swung at 2 pitches at least a foot off of the plate

    Reply

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