The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.
This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both remain on the 40-day DL.
Vasquez, 27, pitched in 14 games for the Pirates last season, including 7 starts. In 44.2 innings, he posted a 5.84 ERA and struck out 29 batters while walking 18.
Hacker, 26, pitched in just 3 games for the Bucs and gave up 2 ER in 3 innings. He was acquired early in the year for reliever Romulo Sanchez and made 24 starts for AAA-Indianapolis where he went 5-6 with a 4.49 ERA.
Lerud, 25, was an obvious candidate to get taken off the 40-man roster. In his 2nd go around at AA-Altoona, he was only able to post a line of .240/.339/.336, which is quite awful. Lerud is still considered a good defensive catcher, and still has a shot to make the bigs because of that quality alone. However, he just isn't worth keeping on the roster.
Vasquez and Hacker are both eligible to become free agents if they choose.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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