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The roster moves continued for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday as it was announced that they claimed 1B/C Zack Collins and RHP Junior Fernandez off waivers.
The Pirates have claimed 1B/C Zack Collins from the Blue Jays and RHP Junior Fernández from the Cardinals. Both players have been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.
— Justice delos Santos (@justdelossantos) September 7, 2022
To make room on the 40-man roster, Cam Vieaux was designated for assignment.
Collins, 27, was designated for assignment yesterday by the Toronto Blue Jays after putting up a miserable .194/.266/.417 slash line this season. The former first round pick of the Chicago White Sox never caught wind in the MLB as he failed to post a batting average above .200 all but one year, which was in 2021 when he hit .210.
ZACK COLLINS MASHES @CanadaBarstool pic.twitter.com/GFxCXF3Ycw
— Starting 9 (@Starting9) April 24, 2022
Fernandez, 25, appeared in 13 games for the St. Louis Cardinals this season and posted a 2.93 ERA in just over 15 innings pitched, all of which were in relief.
The Cardinals designated him for assignment on Monday to make room for RHP Jack Flaherty, who was activated off the 60-day injured list.
Fernandez is no stranger to the Pirates, however, as back on Aug. 11, 2019, he made his MLB debut against the Bucs. In that game, he gave up two earned runs and struck two hitters out over two-thirds innings pitched.
In 2019, hitters swung at 30 of Junior Fernandez's sliders.
— Max Goldstein (@MaxSportsStudio) January 4, 2020
They whiffed on 22 of them (73.3 percent!). pic.twitter.com/7UjiBeTdgN
Bragging rights to whoever can guess who he gave up the runs to.
Both Collins and Fernandez were optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. In a corresponding move, LHP Cam Vieaux was designated for assignment.
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