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Stewart Placed on Disabled List, Fryer Added to Roster, Jhang Promoted to Indy

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed catcher Chris Stewart on the 15-day disabled list with left knee discomfort. As mentioned yesterday, the Pirates claimed catcher Eric Fryer off waivers and he will take Stewart’s spot on the roster today. It’s interesting that Fryer was on the St Louis Cardinals when he got put on waivers, and that’s where he ends up meeting the Pirates for a four-game series.

Also, Elias Diaz has been assigned to Bradenton on rehab today, so he could be rejoining Indianapolis soon.  He will likely need time before he is ready for the majors since he hasn’t played a game since Spring Training.

Jin-De Jhang has been promoted to Indianapolis, switching places with Tomas Morales, who will serve as the backup in Altoona. I would think this move is short-term, as I don’t expect Diaz to be in Bradenton too long before returning to Indianapolis. Morales clearly isn’t a Triple-A caliber catcher yet, he was in Bristol last year for a reason, so this might just be to get Jhang some more playing time. He has been catching 1-2 times a week as Reese McGuire’s backup and hitting well in the role, though the catching skills are still unpolished behind the plate.

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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