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Pirates Place Chris Stewart on Disabled List; Recall Elias Diaz

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Tuesday afternoon that they have placed catcher Chris Stewart on the 10-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. Catcher Elias Diaz has been promoted from Indianapolis to take his place on the active roster.

Stewart was injured late in yesterday’s game while legging out a triple. He was able to walk off the field on his own without assistance. Afterwards he told the local media that he thought he would be fine, but with the shorter disabled list now available, it makes it easier to put a player on the DL when they could miss just a few days. That is especially true when it’s a catcher and you only have one other option behind the plate if he can’t play.

Diaz appeared briefly for the Pirates earlier this year when Francisco Cervelli was unable to play for a few days. He got into four games and went 2-for-9 at the plate. He also saw brief action with the Pirates in 2015 and 2016. Diaz is hitting .281/.298/.388 for Indianapolis this season, while providing the team with above average defense behind the plate. He has thrown out 48% of attempted stolen bases.

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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