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Minor Moves: Busy Day For Bristol and Indianapolis Roster Moves, DSL Player Released

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The Pittsburgh Pirates made a lot of roster moves over the last two days involving all eight Pirates affiliates. Yesterday we announced JaCoby Jones to the DL, along with five other rosters moves. Today’s moves are as follows:

Indianapolis placed catcher Nevin Ashley and infielder Blake Davis on the disabled list. These moves were made to make room for Michael Martinez and Brent Morel after both returned from a stint with the Pirates.

Bristol received infielder Nathan Sopena from Jamestown and sent pitcher Oderman Rocha to Jamestown. Bristol also received pitcher Julio Vivas from the GCL Pirates and placed catcher Andrew Dennis on the 60-day disabled list. Dennis got into just five games this year after being injured on a play at the plate in his first game. Vivas has pitched great this year in the GCL. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in over a month. Vivas has a 1.17 ERA and a 25:1 K/BB ratio in 23 innings.

In the DSL, first baseman Yunelky Adames was released. He was a fourth year player, so he had to be released or promoted to the United States after this season, which ends on Saturday. Adames had a .775 OPS in 54 games this year. He is just a few days short of his 24th birthday, so he was one of the oldest players in the entire DSL. Adames missed most of last year with an ankle injury.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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