Kristy Robinson first reported that the Pirates have signed 41st round draft pick Jon Schwind today. Schwind, 21, was drafted as a catcher by the Bucs, but has played multiple positions throughout his collegiate career. Pirates Prospects says his signing bonus was $20,000 and that the Pirates will pay for his senior year of college
Can’t win them all
Final: Indians 5, Pirates 1 WP: Josh Tomlin (8-4) LP: Kevin Correia (8-6) The Pirates’ bats fell silent again tonight, as they dropped the 1st game of the weekend series, thus snapping their 4 game winning streak. Kevin Correia was shaky, but kept the team in the game as he gave up 2 runs (1
Alex Presley to stay put for now
Rob Biertempfel of the Tribune-Review tweeted today after the game that the Pirates will not be making any roster moves going into this weekend’s series against Cleveland. There was a ton of speculation and it seemed like a given that Alex Presley would be called up as the Pirates will be facing 3 right handed
How sweep it is!
Final: Pirates 5, Astros 4 WP: James McDonald (5-4) LP: Jordan Lyles (0-2) SV: Jose Veras (1) Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to watch much of this game, but from the looks of the box score and the summary, it looks like James McDonald once again did not have his best stuff. He labored through 5.2