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Minor Moves: Eli Wilson Returns; De Jong to Temporary Inactive List

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Today’s early minor league moves include the return of a catcher, as well as a roster status change for a pitcher. If anything else comes up today, we will add it below.

Eli Wilson has returned to Greensboro from his trip to the 7-day Injured List. He missed the minimum amount of time after leaving last Friday’s game following a hit-by-pitch.

Wilson was struggling in minimal time this year as the backup to Abrahan Gutierrez. When Gutierrez was on the Injured List, it opened playing time for Wilson. That lasted all of three innings, as Wilson was injured on the same day that Gutierrez was placed on the IL. Wilson is hitting .114/.295/.200 in 13 games games.

Luis Hernandez has been placed on the Development List. He had a story similar to Wilson. Once Wilson/Gutierrez went on the IL, it left Hernandez (the team’s third-string catcher) as the starter. Before he could settle into the role, Wyatt Hendrie was promoted to Greensboro. Hernandez has hit .267/.450/.333 in six games this year.

Chase De Jong was sent outright to Indianapolis on Thursday after clearing waivers. Indianapolis moved him to the Temporary Inactive List today. It’s possible that it’s a temporary move (as the name would suggest). We will see soon.

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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