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Pirates Have Talked to Bronson Arroyo

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According to Jayson Stark, the Pittsburgh Pirates have called about free agent pitcher Bronson Arroyo. He didn’t pitch during the 2015 season due to Tommy John surgery. The 38-year-old(39 in February) had a 4.08 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 47 strikeouts in 86 innings over 14 starts during the 2014 season for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

It’s unknown at this time if the signing of Ryan Vogelsong would mean they no longer have interest in Arroyo, but it’s doubtful that the Pirates would go into the 2016 season without a decent option for a sixth starter. Right now that would be Wilfredo Boscan, as the rest of the Indianapolis rotation appears to be Tyler Glasnow, Jameson Taillon, Chad Kuhl, Trevor Williams and/or Steven Brault, and none of them are ready for the majors. That would leave the Pirates without a decent sixth starter early in the season, so Arroyo could fit that role if he couldn’t win a starting role.

For now it appears there is a lot of interest in the free agent pitcher, so it’s something to keep an eye on. The Pirates will likely sign another starting pitcher for depth, whether it is Arroyo or someone similar. There is also still the chance they sign someone better who pushes Jeff Locke and Ryan Vogelsong into a battle for the fifth spot, instead of just picking up someone to compete with them.

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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