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Pirates Recall Tucupita Marcano

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced prior to Friday’s game in San Diego that Tucupita Marcano has been recalled from Altoona, taking the 26-man roster place of Yoshi Tsutsugo, who was placed on the injured list yesterday.

Marcano has mostly played middle infield in the past, but this season he is spending a large majority of his time in left field. Of his 29 starts in Altoona this year, 22 have been in left field, four at second base and three at third base. Before this season, he had 21 starts in left field in his pro career.  Marcano had a .730 OPS in 13 games in April, then joined the Pirates very briefly at the end of the month, going 1-for-2 in his only game. He’s been doing much better in May, hitting .364/.438/.618 in 17 games.

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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