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Pirates Option Jason Rogers to Indianapolis

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According to the MLB and MiLB transaction pages, the Pittsburgh Pirates have optioned 1B/3B Jason Rogers to Indianapolis. Both the Pirates and Indianapolis have off tomorrow, so we likely won’t hear about his roster replacement right away, but one would have to assume that it means Jung-ho Kang will be rejoining the Pirates when they play in St Louis on Friday. With rehab assignments limited to 20 days maximum, Kang could stay with Indianapolis as late as May 10th. He has struggled at the plate, going 6-for-40 with a .442 OPS, though he has looked better lately and his fielding has been strong the entire time.

Rogers went 1-for-13 with four walks in nine games with the Pirates. He was the best hitter at Indianapolis before getting called up, putting up a 1.118 OPS in his first 11 games.

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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