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Pirates Recall Roansy Contreras; Duane Underwood Jr to the Injured List

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled top pitcher prospect Roansy Contreras from Indianapolis, after right-handed pitcher Duane Underwood Jr. was injured during the season opener on Thursday. Underwood was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.

Contreras was supposed to start for Indianapolis this weekend, but the Pirates announced their rotation for the next five days and he is not in it, so it appears that he will be pitching in relief during his stay in the majors. That could be a short stay if Underwood or any of the other injured pitchers return before rosters are reduced on May 1st, but for right now, Contreras was the only healthy pitching option for the Pirates to recall among their 40-man roster players. Five others were already on the injured list, including two on the 60-day IL.

The 22-year-old Contreras is the third best prospect in the system and the top ranked pitcher. He made his big league debut at the end of 2021 and threw three shutout innings in his only appearance.

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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