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Pirates Add Gerrit Cole, Tony Sanchez and Stolmy Pimentel to Active Roster

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled catcher Tony Sanchez, starter Gerrit Cole and activated pitcher Stolmy Pimentel from the disabled list. With rosters expanding today, the Pirates added these three players for their game with the Cardinals, with more likely to come tomorrow after the Indianapolis season ends. The Indians play their last game this afternoon.

Sanchez has been hitting well recently, collecting three hits in three of his last six games. His overall stats at AAA weren’t that great due to an extended mid-season slump. He finished with a .235/.337/.442 slash line in 81 games. Sanchez recently started playing first base.

Pimentel made five appearances in the minors since going down with a sprained right ankle on August 15th. He gave up one run on three hits over 5.1 innings.

Cole was only sent down to Bristol so the Pirates could get some extra bench help for a few days. It was a paper move only and he has  been activated for today’s start. He was sent all the way down to Bristol so he could be activated for today’s game. The Bristol season ended on Saturday, which made Cole eligible to be recalled today instead of tomorrow like recently sent down Gregory Polanco and Jeff Locke, who are currently at Indianapolis. Because those two players haven’t been down for ten days yet, they can’t be recalled until their season ends. Locke is scheduled to start tomorrow

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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