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David Bednar Placed on Injured List; Pirates Recall Yohan Ramirez

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The Pittsburgh Pirates placed closer David Bednar on the 15-day injured list prior to Wednesday night’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers. Reliever Yohan Ramirez will take his place on the 26-man roster. Bednar has lower back inflammation. His move is made retroactive to July 31st, so he can return in 12 days if he’s ready.

Ramirez opened the season with the Seattle Mariners before joining Cleveland for a brief time. He was traded to the Pirates on July 8th and immediately assigned to Indianapolis, where he has thrown 4.1 shutout innings over four appearances, with one hit, one walk and four strikeouts. The 27-year-old has pitched parts of three seasons in the majors, posting a 3.99 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP and 72 strikeouts in 58.2 innings.

The Pirates also announced the Tsutsugo/Marcano move from earlier.

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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