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Omar Cruz
The lefty has spent a good chunk of the last two seasons in Altoona, originally as a starter before eventually settling into a bullpen role, seeing some added swing and miss with the switch.
Omar Cruz pitched an inning of relief on Sunday. He pitched all year in Altoona last year. Really good changeup, big loopy curveball. #Pirates pic.twitter.com/qYMcuUPVLC
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) March 27, 2023
With the Pirates going with a bullpen type of game on Sunday, they got quite a few minor league names into to pitch, including Cruz.
Noe Toribio
The righty split 2022 with Double-A Altoona as well as Indianapolis, struggling once he got to Triple-A. He still showed some good swing and miss metrics, even without the strikeout totals to go with it.
I've mentioned it before, but there are four pitchers in the system with that pitched at least 40 innings while producing a 50+% GB rate AND 13+% SwStr rate.
Noe Toribio was one of them. He got a couple of whiffs, as well as a ground ball double play. #Pirates pic.twitter.com/qfqcoGrLEe
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) March 27, 2023
He also kept the ball on the ground. In Sunday’s game, he got a couple of whiffs that eventually led to a strikeout, before getting a double play to end the inning.
Eddy Yean
Yean was the second piece of the Josh Bell trade, along with Wil Crowe. Yean pitched an inning on Sunday, striking out a pair, but also walking a batter and allowing two hits in the process.
Eddy Yean was the other piece of the Josh Bell trade, with Wil Crowe the other. Hasn't been a smooth couple of seasons so far but got into a major league game and was able to dial it up to 99 mph. #Pirates pic.twitter.com/nLIiqwKXAX
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) March 27, 2023
The 21-year-old Yean sat mostly in the 93-95 mph range on his fastball on Sunday, but was able to dial it up to 99 on his first pitch of the outing.
