Pittsburgh Pirates: Injury List Related Roster Moves That Should Be Made

Activate Dillon Peters and Manny Bañuelos, option Cam Vieaux and designate Austin Brice for assignment

Okay, so, this one is not completely IL related as it involves adding the recently acquired Manny Bañuelos to the active roster, which is expected to happen before Tuesday’s first pitch. Bañuelos should be a nice shot in the arm for the bullpen as a left-handed reliever, which leads to Cam Vieaux being optioned to Triple-A.

Bañuelos had pitched 8.1 innings in 4 relief outings with the New York Yankees this season. In these 8.1 innings pitched, Bañuelos posted a 2.16 ERA and a 2.28 FIP. He allowed 7 hits, walked 3 batters, struck out 8 and did not allow a home run.

Getting Dillon Peters back should be a huge boost for an overworked and struggling Pirate bullpen. To make room for Peters on the active roster the Pittsburgh Pirates should designate righty Austin Brice for assignment.

Prior to being injured Shelton was using Peters in a variety of ways. He was used as an opener, for multiple inning outings, and in high leverage situations. Peters owned a 3.86 ERA, 3.86 FIP, 20.2% strikeout rate and had allowed just 1 home run in 25.2 innings pitched this season.

As for Brice, he is a career journeyman with no long-term future with the Pittsburgh Pirates. While both Tyler Beede and Chase De Jong are out of options as well they could be DFA candidates in place of Brice. However, both Beede and De Jong have pitched well enough this season to stick around.