It’s a new week of minor league action. Our Top Performers article looked at the best of last week, led by Henry Davis and JP Massey. You should expect some minor league roster moves on Tuesday as usual. So far there’s one for Greensboro, but we will update this post if/when others are announced.
Braxton Ashcraft has rejoined the Greensboro roster from the Temporary Inactive List, after not playing last week. He’s returning from Tommy John surgery this year, so you should expect some innings monitoring throughout this season.
The 23-year-old Ashcraft has made five starts this year split between Bradenton and Greensboro. He has a 2.60 ERA over 17.1 innings, with 20 strikeouts and an 0.92 WHIP.
UPDATES:
Catcher Carter Bins has joined Bradenton on a rehab assignment. The 24-year-old has not yet debuted this season. He spent most of last year with Indianapolis, where he had a .208 batting average in 71 games, though it came with a respectable .705 OPS.
Pitcher Tyler Chatwood has also joined Bradenton. The 33-year-old veteran of ten big league seasons was a minor league signing this year by the Pirates, who has been injured since Spring Training.
Owen Sharts has joined Bradenton from Extended Spring Training. The 2021 13th round pick struggled horribly with control last year for the FCL Pirates, walking 27 batters in 11 innings. He also hit two batters and he threw ten wild pitches.
Chase De Jong has been activated from the Temporary Inactive List and he joins Indianapolis. He was designated for assignment by the Pirates a week ago, but he cleared waivers and had the option to remain with the team or become a free agent. He will be joined by another big league pitcher, Rob Zastryzny, who has been on the Injured List for the last three month.
John O’Reilly has been moved to the Development List for Indianapolis to make room. He has a 7.90 ERA over 14 appearances, with 14 strikeouts in 13.2 innings.
