Morning Rundown: Liover Peguero, Jose Hernandez optioned to Triple-A
The Pirates make a flurry of roster moves
The scheduled game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles was canceled due to weather on Friday.
With just three games left in the Spring schedule, the Pirates will face the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
Jared Jones was the scheduled starter on Friday, with Chase Anderson expected to start against the Red Sox.
The Pirates made several moves recently, including optioning Liover Peguero and Jose Hernandez to Triple-A Indianapolis.
Peguero was fighting for a roster spot, but an illness recently cut into his playing time. He just got back on the field, so this could be to allow him more time to get back up to speed.
Hernandez was a Rule 5 pick last year who got off to a solid start to the season in 2023 before wearing down a bit down the stretch.
Also, the Pirates moved the following minor leaguers to the 60-day injured list.
Mike Burrows
Brennan Malone
Aaron Shortridge
Joshua Loeschorn
Adrian Florencio
Will Kobos
Johan Montero
Enmanuel Terrero
The list features primarily pitchers, with many of them coming off of season-ending injuries from the previous season, so it probably isn’t entirely unexpected.
Shortridge and Loeschorn finished the season healthy last year, at least it seemed that way, so this would be for something new.
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Thank you for the explanation regarding Liover Peguero - he did lose time in ST and just returned, but it still makes little, if any, sense. He came out smoking in ST, with an excellent OPS, and then contracted an illness which kept him off the field for about a week. He returned the other day and iirc, he made good contact in a game where very few players made good contact, and his fielding at ST has been VG at both SS and 2B - how will this be something positive? When you come in as a 22 year old starter with 200 AB, 7 HR from the previous year at the MLB level, and get sent back to AAA after a solid ST, IT IS NOT POSITIVE!
To me this is a shit-for-brains move, or as a former boss used to say "this has hair all over it"!
Triolo won
Congrats to Triolo