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Pirates Place Vince Velasquez on Injured List; Recall Chase De Jong

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed right-handed pitcher Vince Velasquez on the 15-day Injured List. They have recalled right-handed pitcher Chase De Jong, who has been pitching on rehab with Triple-A Indianapolis.

In addition to those moves, infielder Drew Maggi has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Double-A Altoona. He played last night, so this is a quick turn around on a player going from being designated for assignment (which had to happen at some point after the game last night) to clearing waivers.

Velasquez left yesterday’s game early with right elbow discomfort. He has been solid for the Pirates this year, with a 3.06 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP and 34 strikeouts in 35.1 innings over seven starts.

Anthony Murphy took a look this morning at how the Pirates could handle Velasquez missing time. De Jong is the short-term replacement, but he’s not a starter.

De Jong allowed six runs over 6.1 innings before being placed on the Injured List last month. He pitched three times for Indianapolis, throwing four shutout innings, though he allowed four hits and three walks, so it was not an easy time.

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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