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Pirates Activate Starling Marte, Recall Boscan, Send Down Hanson and Luebke

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The Pittsburgh Pirates made a few roster moves on Thursday afternoon, one expected and a couple unexpected ones. Starling Marte has been activated from the Paternity List, which means Alen Hanson returns to Indianapolis. That move was basically announced when Marte was put on the list, with Clint Hurdle saying that Hanson will be up for 72 hours before returning to Indianapolis.

The move that wasn’t expected was Wilfredo Boscan being added to the 40-man roster and taking the 25-man roster spot of reliever Cory Luebke. To open up a spot for Boscan, the Pirates placed Elias Diaz on the 60-day disabled list. That will have no effect on Diaz, as he will miss a lot more than 60 days total before he returns to action (he’s already at 47 days).

Boscan was scheduled to start tomorrow for Indianapolis. It is assumed he is available for tonight despite pitching six innings just four days ago. He was called up three times last year without getting into a game. Boscan has a 2.48 ERA in 40 innings, with a 1.08 WHIP, a 4:31 BB/SO ratio and a 1.90 GO/AO ratio. He has never pitched in the majors.

Luebke was with Indianapolis on rehab until recently and only pitched once for the Pirates after being recalled. He gave up three runs in his only appearance on Monday, recording just one out.

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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