The Pirates will face the Royals tonight in Kansas City to open a seven-game road trip. Left-hander Steven Brault will start the opener for Pittsburgh, with Trevor Williams and Chad Kuhl the probable starters for Saturday and Sunday.
Mitch Keller threw a three-inning simulated game on Wednesday and appears ready to come off the injured list, where’s he has spent most of the season. He made only two starts and landed on the IL on August 2nd with an oblique strain. Manager Derek Shelton says when Keller returns, he will go right back into the rotation. The Bucs have only 19 games left in the shortened season and want to get a look at Keller as a starter.
The Pirates have used the $243,300 international singing pool allowance they got from the White Sox in the Jarrod Dyson trade to sign 17-year-old Venezuelan pitcher Eduardo Zapata. He’s a 6-2, 160-pound right-hander.
Teams do not announce contract details for Venezuelan prospects because of potential kidnappers who prey on the families of people with money in that country
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