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Pirates Expected to Add Alex McRae to Bullpen Today

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are expected to call up right-handed pitcher Alex McRae today from Indianapolis according to Sean McCool of Pirates Prospects. He will need to be added to the 40-man roster, which has one spot open.

McRae has pitched well in his last two starts at Indianapolis, but he has been struggling for the most part in his first turn at Triple-A. He has a 4.61 ERA in 84 innings, with an 80:39 SO/BB ratio, a .290 BAA, a 1.58 WHIP and a 1.38 GO/AO ratio. He’s mostly a ground ball pitcher, though the strikeouts have trended up this year. McRae works quickly and throws his fastball low-to-mid 90s, mixing his pitches well.

The appeal here is quite simple. The Pirates needed 6.2 innings from their bullpen last night and multiple pitchers wouldn’t be available tonight. McRae was scheduled to start tonight in Indianapolis, and he has allowed just one run in his last 12.2 innings. The hope is obviously that they don’t need him at all tonight, but if they do, he can give them multiple innings and upwards of 100 pitches.

 

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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