Morning Rundown: Pirates comeback and win in extra innings, Indianapolis roster set, roster moves on Opening Day
Pirates come from behind, win in extra innings. Triple-A Indianapolis' roster is announce and the Pirates finalize their roster.
The Pittsburgh Pirates chipped and clawed their way back to win their Opening Day matchup in extra-innings against the Miami Marlins 6-5.
Mitch Keller put himself in some bad situations, the defense didn’t help early on, but was able to work around things to keep the game from getting out of hand. He finished the day allowing four earned runs (five total) on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings pitched.
The offense slowly chipped back, scoring four unanswered runs to eventually win the game. Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run home run in the top of the third, originally tying the game at two.
Edward Olivares hit a pinch-hit home run in his first plate appearance as a Pirates. Oneil Cruz also went deep, as the Pirates continued their home run onslaught after leading all teams in Spring Training.
Six relievers combined to pitch a shutout the rest of the way, which didn’t include David Bednar. Jose Hernandez pitched the final inning and picked up his first career save.
Game two of the four game series will start at 7:10 pm ET, with Martin Perez expected to face AJ Puk.
Top Exit Velocity
Bryan Reynolds - 107.5 mph - Home Run
Oneil Cruz - 105.5 mph - Home Run
Michael A. Taylor - 103.9 mph - Forceout
Edward Olivares - 102.4 mph - Home Run
Michael A. Taylor - 101.4 mph - Groundout
Top Pitch Velocity
Aroldis Chapman - 99.7 mph
Luis Ortiz - 99 mph
Aroldis Chapman - 98.9 mph
Luis Ortiz - 98.4 mph
Luis Ortiz - 98.3 mph
Most Whiffs (Whiff%)
Mitch Keller - 14 (28%)
Ryan Borucki - 5 (45%)
Hunter Stratton - 3 (60%)
Aroldis Chapman - 1 (17%)
Luis Ortiz - 1 (14%)
Jose Hernandez - 1 (14%)
The Indianapolis Indians have released their Opening Day roster for the 2024 Minor League season.
Headlined by Paul Skenes, the roster features five players from the Bucs on Deck Top 25 prospects list we put out during the off-season.
Here’s a look at the roster, with WTM going to do a much deeper breakdown later today.
Pitchers (14)
Cam Alldred
Brady Feigl
JC Flowers
Geronimo Franzua
Brent Honeywell Jr.
Eric Lauer
Kade McClure
Kyle Nicolas
Wily Peralta
Michael Plassmeyer
Quinn Priester
Connor Sadzeck
Colin Selby Paul Skenes
Position Players (14)
Sergio Alcantara
Carter Bins
Gilberto Celestino
Nick Gonzales
Matt Gorski
Grant Koch
Jake Lamb
Billy McKinney
Malcom Nunez
Joshua Palacios
Liover Peguero
Joe Perez
Dustin Peterson
Eli Wilson
To make their roster official, the Pirates made the following roster moves before the first game of the season.
Selected the contracts of Hunter Stratton, Jared Jones, and Ryder Ryan
Designated for Assignment Jackson Wolf, Ali Sanchez, and Canaan Smith Njigba
They also recalled Jose Hernandez from Triple-A Indianapolis after placing Roansy Contreras on the maternity list.
Carmen Mlodzinski and Colin Holderman were placed on the 15-day injured list.
Yasmani Grandal and Ji-Hwan Bae were placed on the 10-day injured list.
With the minor league season officially getting underway, don’t forget to pick up your copy of the 2024 Pirates Minor League Guide, available now on Amazon.
You get scouting reports on 75 prospects in the Pirates system, including a few names that will be playing this weekend for the Indianapolis Indians and the Pirates (Jared Jones).
Good bit of juice missing from Mitch. Hope he's just getting warmed up.
Not one mention of the masterpiece from Shelton...