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Pirates Recall Geoff Hartlieb from Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled right-handed reliever Geoff Hartlieb from Indianapolis ahead of Thursday night’s game in Colorado. To make room on the 25-man roster, Montana DuRapau has been optioned to Indianapolis.

Hartlieb has been with the Pirates twice already this season and was one of the players likely to come up when the rosters expanded, so this just got him to the majors a few days sooner. He has an 8.65 ERA in 26 innings over 21 appearances with the Pirates, with a .358 BAA, that also comes with 28 strikeouts and a 1.88 GO/AO ratio.

DuRapau pitched yesterday and gave up four runs while recording two outs. He was with the team for one day this time, but it was his sixth time with the Pirates this season. Despite having a lot of success at Indianapolis, he has a 9.35 ERA and a 2.08 WHIP in 17.1 innings with the Pirates. The Pirates used four relievers yesterday and DuRapau wouldn’t have been available today, so he at least temporarily lost a roster spot, but could obviously be back next month.

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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