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Gregory Polanco Activated from Disabled List; Danny Ortiz Optioned to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates activated outfielder Gregory Polanco from the 10-day disabled list on Thursday morning and he is available for today’s afternoon game in Atlanta, though he isn’t in the starting lineup. Outfielder Danny Ortiz has been optioned back to Indianapolis to make room on the 25-man roster.

Polanco was hitting .252/.336/.370 in 34 games when he went down with a strained left hamstring on May 15th. He missed the minimum amount of time, which is one of the benefits of the new, shorter 10-day disabled list that began this season, as opposed to the 15-day DL in the past.

Ortiz played in all eight games while Polanco was on the DL. He made two starts and went 1-for-12 at the plate. He also had a brief one-game stint in April.

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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