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Pirates Add Drew Maggi to Roster; Bryan Reynolds Placed on Bereavement List

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed outfielder Bryan Reynolds on the Bereavement List prior to Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. To take his place on the active roster, infielder Drew Maggi has been called up from Altoona. 

The 33-year-old Maggi has been in the majors for two days with the 2021 Minnesota Twins, but he has never played a Major League game. He was originally drafted by the Pirates back in 2010. He has played 1,155 minor league games over 13 seasons. He is hitting .194/.242/.226 in eight games for Altoona this season.

Maggi hit .344/.417/.688 this spring in 26 games, as was among one of the final cuts from Spring Training.

The Pirates needed to make room on the 40-man roster to add Maggi. First baseman Ji-Man Choi has been moved to the 60-day Injured List. He is expected to miss at least another six weeks according to recent reports, so including rehab time, he wasn’t expected back before the full 60 days (from April 14th) would be up.

This seems to be a nice reward for a baseball lifer, who not only had a strong spring, but he accepted an assignment to Double-A due to the roster situations at Indianapolis.

Trips to the Bereavement List usually don’t last long unless the player needs more time, so Maggi will probably be around for a short time. It also would explain why the Pirates didn’t go to another 40-man option like outfielder Cal Mitchell.

Here’s hoping he gets into today’s game so he doesn’t have to wait much longer for his big league debut, especially with tomorrow being an off-day.

Enjoy this video of him finding out

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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