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Pirates Recall Catcher Jacob Stallings

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled catcher Jacob Stallings for Sunday’s game in Williamsport. As per MLB rules, the Pirates and St Louis Cardinals were allowed to add a 26th man to the roster for today’s game, with the only restriction being that it had to be a position player added.

Stallings had two stints with the Pirates in June, spending a total of 15 days on the active roster. He played just two games, going 2-for-7 at the plate. He also played five games for the Pirates last year. Stallings is hitting .269/.337/.392 in 50 games for Indianapolis this season and he currently has a ten-game hitting streak active.

Stallings found out yesterday he was going to be added to this game, telling Sean McCool, who is covering today’s game, that he flew in last night. Stalling said “I didn’t know the roster expanded to 26. I’m glad they picked me. It’s a cool experience.”

More from the players at Williamsport and their reactions later tonight.

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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