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Pirates Recall Steven Brault; Option Buddy Boshers

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they have recalled left-handed pitcher Steven Brault from Indianapolis. To make room on the 25-man roster, lefty reliever Buddy Boshers has been optioned to Indianapolis.

Brault was sent down on August 3rd, so he didn’t use an option. When players are sent down during the season for 1-19 days, the team doesn’t use up an option year and the player is credited with MLB service time during their stay in the minors. Anything over 19 days uses an option and they don’t get credit for any MLB service time. Brault made five relief appearances for Indianapolis, allowing two runs on six hits and four walks, with seven strikeouts in 5.1 innings.

Boshers was called up on August 11th and did not make an appearance for the Pirates. His last appearance was on August 9th in Indianapolis, which was his lone outing since being picked up on waivers by the Pirates.

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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