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Pirates Sign Pitcher Chris Peacock

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have purchased the contract right-handed pitcher Chris Peacock from the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association(independent ball). Peacock is 25 years old and he attended Faulkner State CC and the University of Mobile in Alabama, where he went undrafted in 2011 as a senior. Since then, he has bounced around independent ball, playing for six teams over the last three season. The 6’4″ Peacock had a 3.02 ERA in 36 relief appearances this year, striking out 47 batters in 41.2 innings. He struggled in 2013 for White Sands of the Pecos League, posting a 7.65 ERA in nine starts and ten relief appearances. The team had a 6.11 ERA, so his high ERA was partly due to a high offense environment.

Peacock is the second player the Pirates have signed from Wichita in the last two months. Back on August 15th, they signed pitcher Matt Nevarez, who is currently playing winter ball in Venezuela.

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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