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Pirates Recall Diego Castillo; Option Hoy Park to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled infielder Diego Castillo from Indianapolis prior to Monday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. To make room on the 28-man roster, infielder Hoy Park has been optioned to Indianapolis.

Castillo hit .201/.245/.368 in 84 games earlier in the season for the Pirates. They sent him to Indianapolis six weeks ago and since going to Triple-A, he has hit .246/.331/.358 in 35 games.

Park was called up last week and he played just one game off of the bench, getting into the final two innings of the lopsided loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday.

The Pirates also announced the news of Luis Ortiz joining the club tomorrow for the doubleheader. He is currently on the taxi squad, which will make it easier to add him tomorrow since he’s already with the team. Ortiz was just named as the International League Pitcher of the Week. As a side note, Quinn Priester won the same award for the Eastern League.

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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