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Minor Moves: Eric Wood to DL, Aponte and Landecker on the Move

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After a busy day of moves in the Pittsburgh Pirates system yesterday, three more moves were made today due to an undisclosed injury to third baseman Eric Wood that landed him on the disabled list. Francisco Aponte will take the place of Wood on the West Virginia roster, while Adam Landecker moves up to take Aponte’s place at Jamestown.

Eric Wood has been strong in August
Eric Wood has been strong in August

This season, the 20-year-old Wood has been the everyday third baseman for the West Virginia Power. In 93 games, he is hitting .260, with 20 doubles, six homers, 49 RBI’s and a .689 OPS. He started the season off strong with an .816 OPS in April and he has been just as good in August, so the timing of the injury is bad in that regard. The move was made retroactive to August 15th.

Francisco Aponte has played sparingly this season for Jamestown, getting into twenty games. He hasn’t played since July 28th either. The 22-year-old infielder is in his sixth season in the Pirates organization. He spent a good portion of last season in West Virginia, where he hit .234 in 59 games. He has spent most of his time on defense at second base in the pros, but he has also at some point played every position except pitcher and catcher.

Adam Landecker is also 22-years-old, drafted out of USC this year. He has spent all his time in the Gulf Coast League, where he is hitting .220 in 36 games, with a .639 OPS. The 21st round pick was a college senior this year and signed quickly. He has spent almost all of his playing time at third base, getting into 31 games there and three games at second base.

Also a couple notes yesterday’s moves. Oderman Rocha did report to the GCL Pirates and pitched today, so that wasn’t just a paper move to temporarily make room for John Kuchno.

The Altoona Curve needed to make room on their roster for catcher Ali Solis once he reported and they did that today by placing Oscar Tejeda on the disabled list.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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