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Pirates Option Wilfredo Boscan to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have optioned pitcher Wilfredo Boscan to Indianapolis. No move has been made to fill his roster spot yet, but the Pirates are expected to call up a position player to take his place. Boscan was added to the 40-man roster and called up on Saturday in case the Pirates needed an arm out of the bullpen after all seven relievers worked in Friday’s game, with three of them going multiple innings. It was Boscan’s first time in the Majors, though he didn’t get into either Saturday or Sunday’s game.

Without making a 40-man roster move, the most likely position player to be called up is Tony Sanchez. The current 40-man roster has three injured players, Jaff Decker, Andrew Lambo and Justin Sellers. Willy Garcia, Elias Diaz and Alen Hanson all have no big league experience, and that leaves Steve Lombardozzi, who can’t be recalled until May 26th(10 day waiting period). Hanson has been hitting very well lately, though it is unlikely the Pirates call him up for a short-term appearance.

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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