Pirates finally make call-up fans have been waiting for but there's just one big problem

With MLB rosters expanding from 26 to 28 players for the month of September, the Pittsburgh Pirates recalled infielder Nick Yorke and right-handed reliever Cam Sanders from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pirates fans had been begging for another look at Yorke in particular, the club's No. 11 prospect (via MLB Pipeline) who arrived via trade from the Boston Red Sox last season and tore it up at Triple-A before getting a brief, 11-game look in the Majors at the end of the year. Yorke hit .216 with a pair of home runs in that small sample size before Pittsburgh optioned him back to Triple-A at the end of Spring Training.

While his bat has cooled off since he hit .355/.431/.507 through 40 games at Indianapolis last season, Yorke is still hitting a respectable .287/.348/.406 with seven homers and 59 RBI this year. He is coming off his best month, as he looked more like his dominant self from last season while slashing .337/.382/.446 through 24 games in August.

Pirates finally make Nick Yorke call-up fans have been waiting for but there's just one big problem

Yorke is a former first-round pick by the Red Sox, and he deserves more than an 11-game trial. The Pirates need to see what they have in him, especially if they want to salvage any of their remaining dignity from the trade after the player they dealt for him – right-handed pitcher Quinn Priester – has enjoyed a breakout season with the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers this year.

But as Yorke joins the Pirates' big league roster, one major question looms: where are they going to put him?

Yorke is primarily a second baseman, but Nick Gonzales will get most of the second base playing time for the Pirates time down the stretch (as he should). Yorke has a decent amount of corner outfield experience, but that would mean taking at-bats away from Tommy Pham in left field or Bryan Reynolds in right.

On paper, replacing Pham makes the most sense – he's a pending free agent on a non-contender – but he's hit so well in the second half of the season that it's hard to argue for his removal from a Pirates lineup that is starved for offense.

Yorke has hardly played any third base in his minor league career – two games, to be exact – but maybe Pittsburgh could give him a few starts at the hot corner as part of a rotation that also includes Jared Triolo and Cam Devanney? Regardless, there isn't a clear fit for Yorke as an everyday player on the Pirates' Major League roster – which could explain why they waited so long to call him up again.