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Pittsburgh Pirates Claim Right-Handed Pitcher Angel Sanchez, Josh Wall DFA

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have claimed right-handed pitcher Angel Sanchez from the Chicago White Sox. Originally, Bob Nightengale from USA Today reported that the Pirates claimed a shortstop by that name from the White Sox(who is a real player that played for them in 2013), but it turns out that the Pirates have picked up the pitcher by the same name.

The pitcher is a 24-year-old righty, who was in AA at the time. He has pitched for four different teams in the minors this year and struggled at every stop, posting a 6.57 ERA over 19 starts, with a .312 BAA. He’s shown decent control with 28 walks in 89 innings and the 1.35 GO/AO ratio is likely something that caught the eye of the Pirates. He’s had a decent ground ball rate for four years as a pro and prior to this season, he was more of a strikeout pitcher.

Sanchez started with the Dodgers and was rated their 8th best prospect prior to the 2013 season. He was part of the Ricky Nolasco deal with the Marlins, along with right-handed pitcher Josh Wall, who was removed from the Pirates 40-man roster to make room for Sanchez. Wall was pitching in Indianapolis, where he placed after being picked up off waivers from the Angels in May. He has a 3.22 ERA over 19 relief appearances, with 22 strikeouts in 22.1 innings with Indianapolis.

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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