The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Friday afternoon that catcher Erik Kratz has cleared waivers and he elected to become a free agent rather than accept his assignment to Indianapolis.
During his time with the Pirates, Kratz hit .107/.107/.179 in 18 games and threw out 44% of base runners attempting to steal. He was brought in back on June 11th when Francisco Cervelli, Chris Stewart and Elias Diaz were all injured at the same time and the Pirates let him go once Cervelli and Diaz were ready to play this week.