Shortstop Kevin Newman suffered a groin injury on Tuesday night and he’s expected to miss 3-5 weeks according to Pittsburgh Pirates Director of Sports Medicine Todd Tomczyk. Newman has been placed on the 10-day injured list. The Pirates activated outfielder Bryan Reynolds from the COVID-19 Injured List to take Newman’s place on the 28-man roster. Reynolds missed just one game. Newman is batting .250/.308/.375 in 14 games this year.
Kevin Newman Placed on Injured List; Bryan Reynolds Returns to Pirates
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.
