Weekly Report: See-Saw Week, Tri Back, Jared Starts Rehab, Walk-&-Run-Athon, K Streak, Ashcraft/Soto Maddux
- Replenishing the staff: On Tuesday, the Bucs recalled Hunter Barco from Indy and optioned Wilber Dotel back. Wilber tossed four perfect frames on Monday, but the Pirates needed a bulk man after burning through eight pitchers v the Cards. The same day, the team reinstated Braxton Ashcraft from the Bereavement/Family Medical Emergency List and optioned Cam Sanders to Indy.
- Another day, another move: Veteran RHP Chris Devenski (he’s a 10-year vet who worked for the Astros, Rays, Diamondbacks, Phillies, Angels and Mets with a line of 27-22-8/3.91) was called up from Indy, Hunter Barco was optioned back, and RHP Ryan Harbin was DFA’ed (Chris needed a 40-man spot). Spoiler: Harbin is injured, so the Bucs are rolling the dice that he gets through and re-signs.
Tri is back – 2026 image/Pirates
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| Seth Hernandez – 2026 photo/Florida State League |
- A couple of minor league guys have been put on ice – Mitch Jebb, who plays CF at Indy, broke his thumb and is expected to miss 12 weeks before being back to baseball activities and LHP Anthony Solometo, who can’t put together a healthy run, is out for 12 months after labrum surgery. In better news, OF’s Jhostynxon Garcia (back) and Edward Florentino (ankle) are on the mend. Garcia started a rehab stint Friday at Low-A Bradenton while Florentino finished his rehab and was sent to High-A Greensboro.
- The Pirates bullpen start crew was perfect into the seventh inning and had a 2-0 lead at PNC going into the ninth; Dennis Santana couldn’t hold it, and the Cards final frame barrage (four hits, two homers, two walks) handed the Bucs their first back-to-back defeats this month with a 4-2 comeback rally.
- The Buc bats boomed Tuesday, with homers from Oneil Cruz, Ryan O’Hearn and Konnor Griffin, but the top-heavy but bottom-light pitching went south as the Cards ran away early and cruised to an 11-7 win at PNC.
- And a cold and drizzly night saw the fourth loss in a row, this one by a 5-4 count. 1-for-12 w/RISP, 11 stranded runners…the Pirates did everything but find a clutch hit or two. Nick Gonzales was almost a hero; his two-out, ninth inning blast was robbed. It would have been a walk off if it was a foot or two higher.
- Paul Skenes and Isaac Mattson proved human and the Bucs dropped their fifth straight, 10-5. The Reds come to PNC next.
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| Mitch Keller – 2026 image/Pirates |
- A steady drizzle fell starting Friday afternoon and a rain delay pushed the start past 8 o’clock. But Kells was up to the task of stopper; he went seven strong, giving up a run, and the sticks took the pressure off in a 9-1 breakout. Henry Davis had two long balls while Marcell Ozuna & B-Rey added a bomb apiece.
- The 4PM start didn’t help Carmen Mlodzinski. With two outs in the first inning, a routine fly that Oneil Cruz let drop (he & B-Rey both declined to catch it) and instead of a scoreless frame, the unplayed ball turned into a two-run double. The Bucs shrugged it off and put up an opening five-spot of their own. The next inning, Cincy walked seven straight Pirates and the Buc bats were banging (everyone had at least one RBI, which last happened in 1975, and a trio had three runs plated). It ended up 17-7 good guys, with Carmen fanning ten and Konnor Griffin posting his first big-league four-hit game.
- The Bucs ended the weekend on a sweet note, sweeping the Reds 1-0 in a game that Braxton Ashcraft and Cincy’s Chase Burns left scoreless into the eighth. That’s when the Pirates put up a run with two outs and the bases empty before Konnor Griffin doubled and scored on Oneil Cruz’s single, beating the throw with a headfirst slide home. Gregory Soto got the win in relief, retiring the final four batters.
- The team goes on a six-game, seven-day roadtrip to Arizona (May 5-7) and San Francisco (May 8-10) this week.
- OF Tommy Pham, who the New York Mets DFA’ed last week after a brief call-up, went unclaimed. Rather than accept an outright assignment back to the minors, he declared for free agency.
- The Phillies walked off both ends of a rain-out doubleheader Thursday, and both wins went to RHP Chase Shugart, who worked for the Bucs last year (4-3/3.40) and was traded to the Phils during the off season.
- The Cubs ourighted Vince Velasquez back to the minors after an outing; he refused the assignment and became a FA.
- LHP Luis Peralta was waived by the Rockies and claimed by the Cards. Luis was a Bucco farmhand that was traded to the Rox for lefty reliever Jalen Beeks at the 2024 deadline.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/05/weekly-reportsee-saw-week-tri-back.html
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