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J.A. Happ Added to Active Roster, LaFromboise Returned to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have added J.A. Happ to the 25-man roster and lefty reliever Bobby LaFromboise has been optioned back to Indianapolis. Happ was acquired from the Seattle Mariners yesterday in exchange for Adrian Sampson. He will be in the rotation, taking the spot of A.J. Burnett, who was placed on the disabled list. He will make his Pirates debut on August 4th against the Cubs.

LaFromboise was added to the active roster yesterday, but did not get into last night’s game. He pitched an inning of relief back in May against the Phillies, his only appearance for the Pirates this year.

 

 

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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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