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Pirates Release Four Low Level Minor League Players

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The Pittsburgh Pirates released four low level minor league players late last week. Here’s the list of players and a brief summary for each one:

Mariano Dotel, 22-year-old infielder who was injured during the 2021 season, so his last playing time came in 2019 with Bristol. In two seasons, he hit .220/.269/.288 in 63 games.

Antonio Gonzalez, 22-year-old right-handed pitcher, his only experience came in the DSL in 2019, when he had a 2.11 ERA in 38.1 innings, with a 27:42 BB/SO ratio and a 1.49 WHIP. He was injured during the entire 2021 season.

Francisco Hodge, 21-year-old lefty, who almost missed the entire 2021 season due to injury. He had solid results in two seasons in the DSL, posting a 2.16 ERA in 91.2 innings, with a 42:85 BB/SO ratio and a 1.29 WHIP.

Angel Suero, the only signing of significance here, receiving a six-figure signing bonus in July of 2016. He had a crazy start to his career, getting hurt right before the 2017 season started, which wasn’t a significant injury, but he never pitched that year because he had zero control after getting hurt. His time was limited to bullpen work. While he had a decent strikeout rate during his three seasons in the minors, he had poor results, with a 5.74 ERA in 53.1 innings, with a 1.80 WHIP and a 41:60 BB/SO ratio. He pitched just three times in 2021 before finishing the year on the injured list.

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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