The Pittsburgh Pirates set the Indianapolis roster yesterday with what seemed like a large group of transactions. The list grew much bigger today, as they added numerous players to the 60-day Injured List and the Full-Season Injured List. Here’s a list with the moves.
Pitchers Scott Randall, Daniel Rivero and Wei-Chieh Huang are all done for the season after getting placed on the Full-Season Injured List. We also knew about Dariel Lopez missing the season, but he was officially placed on the injured list yesterday. Randall was acquired in a trade for Diego Castillo this off-season.
Even more players hit the 60-day IL, though we knew about a few of them already. Pitchers Hunter Barco and Drake Fellows, along with outfielder Lonnie White Jr are all recovering from surgery, so they weren’t going to be available before June. White recently had his surgery on his left thumb, which had a 7-9 week recovery. Fellows and Barco had Tommy John surgery last year.
The Pirates also added pitchers Jose Maldonado, Brennan Malone, first baseman Josh Sightler and outfielders Jack Herman and Solomon Maguire to the 60-day IL.
Altoona reliever Jeffrey Passantino was released. The 27-year-old had a 4.47 ERA last year in 48.1 innings, with a 1.37 WHIP, 42 strikeouts and a .281 BAA.
If any other minor league moves are made today, we will update them here.
