The moves on up to the bigs keep rolling in for the Indianapolis Indians.
Monday, Catcher Elias Diaz was recalled by the Pirates.
ROSTER MOVE: The Pirates recall catcher Elias Díaz from Triple-A Indy.
Catcher John Bormann has been optioned to Single-A Bradenton— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 1, 2017
ROSTER MOVE: C Elias Diaz recalled by the @Pirates. This is Diaz's third consecutive year where he has reached the big leagues. #RollTribe
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) May 1, 2017
Danny Ortiz Heads Back to Indy
Related, Danny Ortiz spent a day with the Pittsburgh Pirates before being optioned back to the Indianapolis Indians. He substituted into right field and had no plate appearances.
Pirates selected the contract of catcher John Bormann from Single-A Bradenton. Danny Ortiz has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 30, 2017
GIFT Making an Impact
While he hasn’t played in the past few games, Gift Ngoepe has started off HOT in Pittsburgh.
In 12 plate appearances Ngoepe has 4 hits, 4 walks, 2 runs & 1 RBI and is hitting .500 with an on base percentage (OBP) of .667. In other words, he’s hitting like Superman.
The @Pirates & Gift Ngoepe donate cap to @baseballhall as 1st African-born player in MLB. Counts @Robbiealomar, Larkin&Junior among heroes pic.twitter.com/z4nds6MWwb
— Jeff Idelson (@Jeff_Idelson) May 1, 2017
Last week, @Pirates SS Gift Ngoepe stepped into the batter's box.
He made @MLB history by doing so: https://t.co/64SVigEIDe pic.twitter.com/Ygo67zP79K
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) May 1, 2017
