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Minor Moves: Kevin Newman Begins Rehab Assignment; Brandon Maurer to Injured List

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The Indianapolis Indians announced four transactions on Tuesday afternoon, including the addition of Kevin Newman, who will begin his rehab assignment tonight. He has been on the injured list since April 11th due to a finger laceration. Newman is scheduled to get some outfield work while in Indianapolis.

Infielder Nick Franklin will also be joining Indianapolis. He has been with Bradenton for the last week, where he went 0-for-16 with eight strikeouts and an .000 OPS. Franklin was out for most of Spring Training with a quad injury.

Brandon Maurer was placed on the 7-day injured list due to right knee inflammation. He has a 4.26 ERA and seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings over six appearances this season. Maurer was dealing with a knee injury for most of Spring Training.

To take the place of Maurer on the roster, Montana DuRapau has returned from his assignment to Extended Spring Training last week. He never actually left the team, as it was just a paper move to open up a roster spot. The 27-year-old DuRapau has thrown 6.1 shutout innings for Indianapolis this season.

If there are any more minor league transactions today, we will add them here.

UPDATE: Oneil Cruz is back for Bradenton and in the lineup tonight. He was out for more than a week with what the Pirates called “lower body discomfort”.

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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