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Wilfredo Boscan Optioned to AAA

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent pitcher Wilfredo Boscan back to Indianapolis, as they head to the All-Star break. No corresponding move has been announced and they won’t make one until play resumes on Friday.

This is the second time that Boscan has been called up without appearing in a game. He was recalled after they went 14 innings on Saturday, with both Deolis Guerra and Vance Worley unavailable for Sunday’s game. Boscan was scheduled to start Sunday for Indianapolis, so if the Pirates need a long man out of the bullpen, he could have thrown as many as 100 pitches.

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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