Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players

Carter Bins (born October 7, 1998) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Bins attended Angelo Rodriguez High School in Fairfield, California.[1] He hit .313/.427/.447 with 9 RBI in 67 at-bats in his senior year. He was First-Team All Monticello Empire League honors and was twice named Defensive Player of the Year.

Bins was drafted in the 35th round of the 2016 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies but chose to attend Fresno State Bulldogs baseball.[2] Bins started at catcher for Fresno State for his three years there, earning Academic All-Mountain West honors each year.[1] In his career at Fresno State, Bins hit .289/.383/.465 with 19 home runs and 96 RBI in 679 plate appearances.[2] Bins was regarded as an excellent defensive catcher in college and was considered among the best in the 2019 draft.[3] He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2019 MLB draft.[1] Bins signed with the Mariners for a $325,000 signing bonus [4]

Bins debuted in the minors with the Everett AquaSox, then of the Class A Short Season Northwest League.[2] He played 50 games for the AquaSox, hitting .208/.391/.357 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI.

On July 28, 2021, Bins was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates along with Joaquin Tejada in exchange for Tyler Anderson.[5]

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Carl Donovan Bolton (born June 19, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Bolton attended Tracy High School in Tracy, California. As a senior, he went 9–2 with a 1.13 ERA, striking out 97 batters in 68 innings.[6][7] After his senior year, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[8] He signed with the Pirates, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Michigan.[9]

After signing, Bolton made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Pirates. In nine starts, he pitched to a 3.16 ERA. Bolton spent 2018 with the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League, going 3–3 with a 3.65 ERA in nine starts, and began 2019 with the Bradenton Marauders of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he was named Pitcher of the Week on May 13 as well as an All-Star.[10][11][12][13] He was promoted to the Altoona Curve of the Class AA Eastern League in June.[14][15] Over 21 starts between the two clubs, Bolton went 8–6 with a 3.28 ERA, striking out 102 over 101+2⁄3 innings.[16] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] He began the 2021 season on the injured list with a knee injury and underwent surgery in May, forcing him to miss the whole season.[18] He was assigned to the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A International League to begin the 2022 season.[19]

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Michael Thomas Burrows (born November 8, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Burrows attended Waterford High School in Waterford, Connecticut. As a senior in 2018, he went 6–0 with a 0.38 ERA and 98 strikeouts over 44 innings.[20] After the season, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[21] He signed for $500,000, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball for the UConn Huskies baseball team.[22]

Burrows made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates, pitching 14 innings and not giving up an earned run.[23] He played the 2019 season with the West Virginia Black Bears of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League with whom he started 11 games and went 2–3 with a 4.33 ERA over 43+2⁄3 innings.[24] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[25] Burrows spent the 2021 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East, although he missed time due to injury.[26] Over 13 starts, he went 2–2 with a 2.20 ERA, 66 strikeouts, and twenty walks over 49 innings.[27] After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Surprise Saguaros.[28][29] He was assigned to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League to begin the 2022 season.[30]

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Omar Cruz (born January 26, 1999) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Cruz signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in 2017.[31] He made his professional debut in 2018 with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres and was promoted to the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A Short Season Northwest League in July. Over 11 games (ten starts) with the two clubs, he pitched to a 1–1 record with a 1.91 ERA, striking out 59 batters over 42+1⁄3 innings.[32][33] He returned to Tri-City to begin the 2019 season before he was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League. He compiled a combined 2–3 record and 2.73 ERA over 12 starts, striking out 76 over 56 innings.[34]

On January 19, 2021, Cruz (alongside David Bednar, Drake Fellows, Hudson Head, and Endy Rodriguez) was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three team deal that also sent Joe Musgrove to the Padres and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets.[35] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East.[36] After seven starts in which he went 3–3 with a 3.45 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 28+2⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Northeast.[37] Over 14 starts with Altoona, he went 3–4 with a 3.44 ERA over 70+2⁄3 innings.[38] He returned to Altoona to open the 2022 season.[39]

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Drake Robert Fellows (born March 6, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Fellows attended Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois and Vanderbilt University, where he played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores.[40][41] He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[42] He did not play in 2019 after signing, and did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[43]

On January 19, 2021, Fellows was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three team trade that also sent David Bednar, Omar Cruz, Hudson Head and Endy Rodriguez to the Pirates, Joe Musgrove to the Padres and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets.[44] He made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Pirates and the Bradenton Marauders, but pitched only 11+2⁄3 innings due to an elbow injury.[45]

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Matthew Teran Fraizer (born January 12, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Fraizer attended Clovis North High School in Clovis, California.[46] He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 38th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Arizona. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[47] He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 2019 MLB draft and signed.[48][49]

Fraizer made his professional debut with the West Virginia Black Bears, batting .221 over 43 games. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[43] He started 2021 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers before being promoted to the Altoona Curve.[50][51] Over 112 games between the two teams, he slashed .306/.388/.552 with 23 home runs, 68 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases.[52]

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John Hudson Head (born April 8, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Head attended Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas. As a senior in 2019, he batted .615 with 14 home runs.[53] He committed to play college baseball for the Oklahoma Sooners.[54] He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[55] He signed with the Padres for a $3 million signing bonus, a record for a player taken in the third round.[56]

Head made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres, batting .283 with one home run and seven doubles over 32 games.[57] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[58]

On January 19, 2021, Head was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a three team trade that also sent David Bednar, Omar Cruz, Drake Fellows and Endy Rodriguez to the Pirates, Joe Musgrove to the Padres and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets.[44] He spent the 2021 season with the Bradenton Marauders of the Low-A Southeast, slashing .213/.362/.394 with 15 home runs, fifty RBIs, and 16 doubles over 101 games.[59]

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Jared Keith Jones (born August 6, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Jones attended La Mirada High School in La Mirada, California.[60] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[61] He signed with the Pirates rather than play college baseball at the University of Texas at Austin.[62][63]

Jones made his professional debut in 2021 with the Bradenton Marauders.[64] Over 18 games (15 starts), he went 3–6 with a 4.64 ERA and 103 strikeouts over 66 innings.[65]

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Bligh John Madris (born February 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Madris attended Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada, and played college baseball at Colorado Mesa University. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[66]

Madris made his professional debut with the West Virginia Black Bears, batting .270 with five home runs and 31 RBIs over 56 games. He spent the 2018 season with the Bradenton Marauders with whom he hit .238 with nine home runs and 53 RBIs over 103 games, and he spent 2019 with the Altoona Curve, batting .260 with eight home runs and 55 RBIs over 132 games.[67] After not playing a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season, he returned to Altoona to begin the 2021 season before being promoted to the Indianapolis Indians in May.[68] Over 114 games, he slashed .267/.353/.417 with nine home runs and 56 RBIs and was named Rookie of the Year by the Indians.[69]

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Brennan Russell Malone (born September 8, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Malone attended Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail, North Carolina[70] before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his senior year.[71][72][73] At IMG, he was recorded throwing as high as 97 miles per hour.[74] He committed to play college baseball at the University of North Carolina.

Malone was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, making him one of only three high school pitchers selected in the first round of the 2019 draft.[75][76][77] He signed for $2.2 million.[78][79] After signing, he was assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks, going 1–2 with a 5.14 ERA over seven innings. He also pitched in one game for the Hillsboro Hops at the end of the year.

On January 27, 2020, the Diamondbacks traded Malone and Liover Peguero to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Starling Marte and cash considerations.[80] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[58] He missed a majority of the 2021 season due to a lat injury, and pitched only 14 innings for the year.[81]

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Calvin David Mitchell (born March 8, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Mitchell graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California, where he played four years of varsity baseball.[82] As a junior in 2016, he batted .371 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs.[83] In 2017, as a senior, he batted .369 with 11 home runs and 34 RBIs.[84] For his high school career, he batted .337 with 29 home runs and 120 RBIs.[85] Mitchell committed to the University of San Diego to play college baseball for the San Diego Toreros baseball team.[86] However, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in the second round (50th overall) of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and he signed for $1.4 million, forgoing his commitment to USD.[87][88]

After signing, Mitchell made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates. He spent the all of his first professional season there, batting .245 with two home runs and 20 RBIs in 43 games.[89] He spent 2018 with the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League. He was named the SAL Player of the Week for April 16–22 after hitting .467 with one home run, nine RBIs, and a 1.233 OPS, and also earned All-Star honors.[90][91] Over 119 games for the Power, he hit .280 with ten home runs and 65 RBIs.[92] He spent 2019 with the Bradenton Marauders of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, with whom he was named an All-Star.[93][94] Over 118 games, he slashed .251/.304/.406 with 15 home runs and 64 RBIs.[95] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] Mitchell was assigned to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Northeast for a majority of the 2021 season, slashing .280/.330/.429 with 12 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 19 doubles over 108 games.[96] Following the end of Altoona's season in mid-September, he was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A East with whom he played seven games.[97] He returned to the Indians to begin the 2022 season.[98]

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Kyle Nicolas (born February 22, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Nicolas grew up in Massillon, Ohio and attended Jackson High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He won state titles in both sports as a senior and was named the Federal League Co-Player of the Year in baseball after going 8–0 with a save and a 0.50 ERA on the mound while also batting .349 with 24 RBIs.[99][100]

Nicolas played for the Ball State Cardinals for three seasons. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[101] As a junior, Nicolas went 0–1 with a 2.74 ERA in four starts before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[102]

Nicolas was selected 61st overall by the Miami Marlins in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[103] After not playing in the minor leagues in 2020 following the cancelation of the season due to Covid-19, he began the 2021 season with the High-A Beloit Snappers.[104] Nicolas was promoted to the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos after posting 3–2 record with a 5.28 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 59+2⁄3 innings with Beloit.[105]

On November 29, 2021, Nicolas was traded along with Zach Thompson and Connor Scott to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jacob Stallings.[106]

Nicolas is the nephew of former Penn State and NFL quarterback Todd Blackledge.[107]

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Liover Peguero (born December 31, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Peguero signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in July 2017.[108] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks and Arizona League Diamondbacks, batting .259 with one home run and 21 RBIs over 41 games. In 2019, he played for the Missoula Osprey and Hillsboro Hops and slashed .326/.382/.485 with five home runs, 38 RBIS, and 11 stolen bases over sixty games.

On January 27, 2020 the Diamondbacks traded Peguero and Brennan Malone to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Starling Marte.[80][109] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[110] The Pirates invited him to their Spring Training in 2021.[111][112] He spent the season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, slashing .270/.332/.444 with 14 home runs, 45 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases over ninety games.[113] Pittsburgh selected his contract and added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[114]

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Canaan Elijah Smith-Njigba (born April 30, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Smith-Njigba attended Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas, where he played baseball.[115] He committed to play college baseball at the University of Arkansas.[116] During his senior year, he garnered attention after he was intentionally walked 32 times in 24 games, or a rate of 1.67 per game.[117] After his senior season, he was selected by the New York Yankees in the fourth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[117]

After signing with the Yankees, Smith-Njigba made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Yankees, slashing .289/.430/.422 with five home runs and 28 RBIs over 57 games. In 2018, he played with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League where he hit .191 with three home runs and 16 RBIs over 45 games, missing time due to injury. In 2019, he played for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League, with whom he earned All-Star honors.[118] Over 124 games, he batted .307/.405/.465 with 11 home runs, 74 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases.[119] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

On January 24, 2021, the Yankees traded Smith-Njigba (alongside Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras and Maikol Escotto) to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jameson Taillon.[120] He was assigned to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Northeast for a majority of the 2021 season.[96] He was placed on the injured list briefly at the end of July, but activated in early August.[121] He was placed back on the injured list in mid-August with a thigh injury, but was activated one month later.[122] Over 66 games, he hit .274/.398/.406 with six home runs, forty RBIs, and 13 stolen bases.[123] Following the end of Altoona's season in mid-September, he was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A East with whom he appeared in seven games.[97] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Javelinas after the season.[124] On November 19, 2021, the Pirates selected his contract and added him to their 40-man roster.[125] He returned to the Indians to begin the 2022 season.[126]

Smith-Njigba is the brother of Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.[127]

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Hunter Stratton (born November 17, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Stratton attended Sullivan East High School in Bluff City, Tennessee, where he finished his high school career with 168 strikeouts and was inducted into their Hall of Fame.[128] He played two seasons of college baseball at Walters State Community College, throwing two no-hitters during his sophomore year.[129] Following the end of his sophomore year, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 16th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[130]

Stratton signed with the Pirates and made his professional debut with the Bristol Pirates of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 0–2 with a 4.81 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 43 innings.[131] He spent the 2018 season with the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League with whom he appeared in 22 games (making twenty starts) and went 6–5 with a 4.16 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 101+2⁄3 innings.[132] In 2019, he pitched for the Bradenton Marauders of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League where he pitched 72 innings and compiled a 5–4 record and 4.25 ERA.[133] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due the cancellation of the minor league season.[58] Stratton began the 2021 season with the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Northeast and was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A East during the season.[134][135] Over 38 relief appearances between the two teams, he went 2–2 with a 2.39 ERA and seventy strikeouts over 49 innings.[136] After the season, he played in the Dominican Winter League for the Gigantes del Cibao.[137] He returned to the Indians to begin the 2022 season.[138]

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Tahnaj A'kheel Thomas (born June 16, 1999) is a Bahamian professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Thomas signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in 2016.[139] He spent his first professional season in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Indians and Arizona League Indians, going 0–5 with a 5.63 ERA over 38+1⁄3 innings, and played 2018 with the Arizona League Indians where he posted a 4.58 ERA over 19+2⁄3 innings.

On November 14, 2018 the Indians traded Thomas, Erik González and Dante Mendoza to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jordan Luplow and Max Moroff.[140] Thomas spent his first season with the Pirates organization in 2019 with the Bristol Pirates and pitched to a 2–3 record with a 3.17 ERA and 59 strikeouts over 48+1⁄3 innings.[141] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[142] Thomas spent 2021 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.[143] Over 16 starts, Thomas went 3–3 with a 5.19 ERA and 62 strikeouts over 60+2⁄3 innings.[144]

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Jared Robert Triolo (born February 8, 1998) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Triolo attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, where he earned All-State honors in baseball as a senior in 2016.[145] After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Houston where he played college baseball. In 2017 and 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 2018.[146][147] As a junior at Houston in 2019, Triolo slashed .332/.420/.512 with seven home runs and 44 RBIs over 56 games.[148] After the season, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 72nd overall selection in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[149] He signed for $870,700.[150]

Triolo made his professional debut with the West Virginia Black Bears of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League where he batted .239 with two home runs and 34 RBIs over sixty games.[151] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season.[152] He played the 2021 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East, slashing .304/.369/.480 with 15 home runs, 42 RBIs, 29 doubles, and 25 stolen bases over 108 games.[153] He was awarded a Minor League Gold Glove for his defense at third base.[154] He was assigned to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League to begin the 2022 season.[155]

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Blake Gerald Weiman (born November 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Weiman attended Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. He signed to play college baseball at the University of Kansas.[156] During his high school career, he played in three Colorado Rockies Futures games.[157] In 2014, as a senior, he went 7–0 with a 1.40 ERA and was named to the All-Colorado baseball team.[158] Undrafted out of high school in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Kansas.

In 2015, as a freshman at Kansas, Weiman appeared in 21 games (seven starts), going 2–7 with a 6.75 ERA.[159] As a sophomore in 2016, he became a full-time starter, appearing in 17 games in which he went 2–7 with a 6.82 ERA.[160] In 2017, in Weiman's junior season, he moved to the bullpen where he greatly improved, pitching to a 5–1 record with a 2.80 ERA, striking out 55 batters in 45 relief innings pitched. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[161][162]

Weiman signed with Pittsburgh and made his professional debut with the West Virginia Black Bears of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, going 4–3 with a 3.78 ERA in 21 relief appearances.[163] He began the 2018 season with the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League and was promoted to the Bradenton Marauders of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and the Altoona Curve of the Class AA Eastern League during the year. In 67 relief innings pitched between the three clubs, he went 4–1 with a 2.42 ERA and 77 strikeouts.[164] After the season, he played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League and was named to the Fall Stars Game.[165][166] Weiman was a non-roster invitee to 2019 spring training.[167] He returned to Altoona to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians of the Class AAA International League in June after pitching to a 1.86 ERA over 19+1⁄3 relief innings.[168][169] Over eight relief appearances with Indianapolis, Weiman went 0–1 with a 4.63 ERA. He missed nearly all of the last two months of the season due to injury.[170]

Weiman did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] For the 2021 season, he returned to Indianapolis.[171] He missed playing time in August due to injury.[172] Over 35 relief appearances, Weiman went 5–0 with a 4.76 ERA and 45 strikeouts over 45+1⁄3 innings.[173] He returned to the Indians to begin the 2022 season.[174]

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Eddy Yean (born July 25, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

The Nationals signed Yean as an international amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic in July 2017, giving him a $100,000 signing bonus. After beginning his professional career in the Dominican Summer League in 2018, Yean advanced to Class A Short Season ball in 2019, pitching for the Auburn Doubledays. In 2020, MLB Pipeline rated Yean as the Nationals' sixth-best prospect overall and forecast that he would continue rising as a prospect.[175]

Yean pitches right-handed, releasing the ball from a three-quarters arm slot. He employs a two-seam fastball up to 97 miles per hour (156 km/h) as his primary pitch.[176] He also throws a slider and a changeup.[177]

On December 24, 2020, Yean along with Wil Crowe were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Josh Bell.[178]

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