As we found out on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates have added right-handed pitcher Osvaldo Bido to the 40-man roster and activated him for Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. There was already an open space for him on the 40-man roster. The Pirates optioned outfielder Canaan Smith-Njigba to Triple-A Indianapolis to make room on the 26-man roster.
We posted a roundtable article earlier today, where six writers from the site gave their opinions on the short-term and long-term potential of Bido. The 27-year-old has been in the Pirates system since signing for $10,000 back in early 2017.
Bido had a 3-4, 4.55 record over ten starts and two relief appearances for Indianapolis this year. He has a 1.30 WHIP, a .224 BAA and a 56:26 SO/BB ratio over 55.1 innings this year.
He spent all of last year with Indianapolis, putting up a 4.53 ERA, a .242 BAA, a 1.50 WHIP and 122 strikeouts in 111.1 innings.
Smith-Njigba was in his second stint with the Pirates this year. He played just one game this time and did not get an at-bat. He hit .125/.216/.219 over 37 plate appearances for the Pirates earlier in the season.
Greensboro Changes
Greensboro made a roster change ahead of Wednesday’s game. Outfielder Luke Brown has been placed on the Development List. Infielder Mike Jarvis has been activated off of the 7-day Injured List.
Brown was hitting .152/.329/.273 in 25 games this year.
Jarvis has been out since June 1st. He was hitting .229/.322/.496 through 35 games at the time of his injury.
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