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Pirates Outright Gorkys Hernandez, Promote Logan Ratledge to Morgantown

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Gorkys Hernandez outright to Indianapolis, opening up a spot on the 40-man roster. He was on the disabled list since July 13th, though he has been playing rehab games in Indianapolis this week. Hernandez went 0-for-5 in eight games with the Pirates.

The Pirates also promoted 13th round draft pick Logan Ratledge to Morgantown. His assignment to Bristol was related to playing time, as he is 23 years old, which is well above the average age in the Appalachian League. Ratledge was called one of the best late round picks, but hasn’t been performing well. In 18 games, he batted .203/.288/.313.

Expect more minor league moves soon, as someone will need to replace JaCoby Jones, and there seems to be a lot of middle infielders for Morgantown now.

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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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