The Pirates have designated third baseman Brent Morel for assignment, MLB.com’s Adam Berry tweets. The move clears space on the Pirates’ active roster for fellow third baseman Aramis Ramirez. The Pirates’ 40-man roster now stands at 39, since the Pirates already designated Steve Lombardozzi to clear space for Ramirez on their 40-man roster, but Morel was out of options, so the Bucs could not merely send him back to the minors.
The 28-year-old Morel is a good defensive corner infielder but a weak hitter, as his career .227/.273/.328 line in the big leagues suggests. Morel was hitting .266/.322/.441 in 326 plate appearances for Triple-A Indianapolis before being pressed into duty in Pittsburgh thanks to injuries to infielders Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer.
Sounds like a trade coming up.
Hopefully it is..maybe joe beimel and trumbo from the mariners..I don’t know why they keep playing guys like morel earlier in the year we could’ve picked up someone like jaime romak from the dbacks and let him backup pedro at first..could’ve been better than hart or ishikawa
Why would they want a guy that was in their farm system in the past who has gone a total of 1 for 21 in his career in MLB? THATS like a an 0.48 avg. I could see Justin Bout or Ben Paulsen as viable backups they could get but not Romak