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Pirates Activate Francisco Cervelli; Option Edgar Santana to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have activated Francisco Cervelli from the 10-day disabled list for Monday’s game in Philadelphia and optioned reliever Edgar Santana to Indianapolis to make room on the active roster. Cervelli was originally placed on the 7-day DL due to concussion symptoms on June 22nd, then was transferred to the 10-day DL in a paper work move last week. This DL trip followed up a 7-day DL stint earlier in the month, which was also concussion-related.

Santana got his first taste of the big leagues this month. The Pirates called him up despite the fact he was going through a mini-slump for the first time since the 2016 season. The results were not as expected in his first stint with the big club, but he will be back at some point this season, possibly after the All-Star break if the Pirates decide they don’t need three catchers on the roster. In nine appearances, Santana had a 5.87 ERA in 7.2 innings, with 12 strikeouts and a 1.96 WHIP.

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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