Minor Moves: Matt Gorski and Omar Cruz Head to Injured List

Altoona placed outfielder Matt Gorski and left-handed pitcher Omar Cruz on the 7-day injured list. Gorski left last night’s game on a cart after injuring himself while slowing up for a stand-up triple.

Gorski is hitting .294/.376/.664 in 67 games this season, with 23 homers and 17 stolen bases, splitting his time between Altoona and Greensboro.

Cruz last pitched on Tuesday when he threw a scoreless inning. He has struggled in his return to Altoona, posting a 5.51 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP in 50.2 innings, with 57 strikeouts.

Jason Delay has been assigned to Altoona, though that might be a move made out of convenience, since he is the third-string catcher for the Pirates and Altoona is home, leaving him close to Pittsburgh if needed.

If any more moves pop up today, we will add them here.

UPDATES: Here’s the injury news. Gorski is a quad injury and Cruz is an elbow issue.

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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.