2:55pm: The Pirates have now made it official and introduced the corresponding strikes. Proper-hander Quinn Priester has been positioned on the 15-day injured record, retroactive to June 3, with a proper lat muscle harm. To open a 40-man spot, lefty Ryan Borucki has been transferred to the 60-day IL. Borucki has already been on the IL for 60 days, touchdown there April 6 as a consequence of left triceps irritation. He’s eligible to be reinstated at any time however he has not but begun a rehab task.
1:25pm: The Pirates are going to signal left-hander Justin Bruihl to a significant league deal this afternoon, reviews Alex Stumpf of MLB.com on X. They might want to make a corresponding transfer or strikes to get him onto their 40-man and energetic rosters.
The lefty signed a minor league take care of the Reds within the offseason however was launched earlier this week, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. Speculatively talking, it’s attainable he had some sort of opt-out in his contract as a result of his outcomes have been fairly good to this point this yr.
Bruihl, 27 later this month, had been with Triple-A Louisville till just lately. He threw 23 1/3 innings over 19 appearances for that membership, permitting 2.31 earned runs per 9 frames. His 10.3% stroll price in that point was a tad on the excessive aspect however he additionally struck out 24.7% of batters confronted whereas getting grounders on 53.4% of balls in play.
That wasn’t sufficient to get him onto the large league roster in Cincinnati however the Pirates will deliver him again to the majors. Bruihl had some good outcomes for the Dodgers a few years in the past however struggled final season. He had an ERA of two.89 with Los Angeles in 2021 after which 3.80 the yr after, however had some tough outings in 2023 and received flipped to the Rockies in a money deal. He had a 5.46 ERA final yr between these two golf equipment and was outrighted by Colorado.
He reached free company at season’s finish, which led to his minors take care of the Reds and he appears to have bounced again sufficient this yr to have caught Pittsburgh’s consideration. He’s usually been extra of a floor ball man within the majors, hanging out simply 15.6% of batters confronted however maintaining the ball on the bottom 45.5% of the time.
The Bucs at the moment have Aroldis Chapman as the one lefty of their massive league bullpen, so Bruihl will give them a second southpaw within the aid combine. Bruihl nonetheless has one choice yr remaining, giving the golf equipment the pliability to ship him to the minors sooner or later with out exposing him to waivers. If he manages to hold onto his 40-man spot, the Bucs can maintain him round for a very long time. He got here into 2024 with one yr and 39 days of service time, 133 days wanting the two-year mark. Since greater than two months of the season have already handed, he doesn’t have sufficient days to get to that two-year line this yr.
