August 20, 20188 yr Burdi is on a rehab assignment with Pittsburgh. But he's been pitching since July 16th, and I believe pitchers get 30 days on assignment, meaning the Pirates are going to have to call him up by the end of the week. Here's to a continued push for a WC spot for the Pirates so as to make keeping a freshly TJ'd pitching with a history of control issues a tough ask of the team!
August 20, 20188 yr Burdi is on a rehab assignment with Pittsburgh. But he's been pitching since July 16th, and I believe pitchers get 30 days on assignment, meaning the Pirates are going to have to call him up by the end of the week. Here's to a continued push for a WC spot for the Pirates so as to make keeping a freshly TJ'd pitching with a history of control issues a tough ask of the team!It becomes real easy on Sep 1st, no?
August 20, 20188 yr Author It becomes real easy on Sep 1st, no? Hmmmm, so only four days of a shortened pen you're saying? Seems like there may have been a missing component to my machinations. Well there's always 2019 I guess.
August 20, 20188 yr Meh, he's almost 26 and has pitched a grand total of one inning above AA, 27 total innings pitched over the past three seasons combined. He's spent parts of four seasons in AA and put up a WHIP of 1.46 at that level. Hitting triple digits is great, and I love a good comeback story, but I don't think he'd help the Twins pen any more in 2019 (or 2020 or 2021) than he did as a supposedly fast-rising sure thing in 2014. Hope I'm wrong.
August 20, 20188 yr Burdi had his rehab assignment stopped a few weeks ago, so he won't need to be activated anytime soon. See the note at the bottom of this article: https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/jung-ho-kang-has-left-wrist-surgery/c-288706054
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