Pirates option Brad Lincoln to Triple-A Indianapolis

Pirates option Brad Lincoln to Triple-A Indianapolis

4:48pm - Sunday, July 25th, 2010 by DePaoli

The Pittsburgh Pirates today optioned pitcher Brad Lincoln (1-4, 6.57 ERA) to Triple-A Indianapolis, following today's start.

The struggles for Lincoln continued today, giving up six runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings pitched in the Pirates 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.

The Pirates also announced after today's game that the team has designated reliever Brendan Donnelly for assignment.

More roster moves will be made within the next 24 hours.

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Chancebd7

that sucks really hoped lincoln could do well, glad about donnelly though hes washed up

07/25/2010 5:24pm

dirtmccurt

That 3rd inning was brutal

07/25/2010 5:29pm

beerman69

He will never make it as a starter in the MLB..Now way in hell... He does not have the stuff you need..

07/25/2010 5:59pm

bob_sacamanto

geeze guys. give the guy some time. i think they rushed him up here though. but now he can go down and tweek some things and he'll be back up.

07/25/2010 8:01pm

jpaha

there's a bunch of prospects that didn't do well in their first time up in the bigs, especially pitchers. He will definitely be back up. NH said he has lost almost 5mph from the beginning of the year so that definitely doesn't help when u aren't hitting ur spots

07/25/2010 8:10pm

beerman69

The dude does not have major league stuff. None of our starting pitchers do.. Not a 1... Duke, 3 home one balls a game. Malholm, 2 a game.. etc....Terrible.. Beerman would trade them all.. Then draw straws on who will start..

07/25/2010 8:36pm

jaluco

Designating Donnelly puts another million in Uncle Bob's wallet.

07/25/2010 8:48pm

jpaha

Like i said, Lincoln lost 5mph on his fastball. In his 1st start he was routinely throwing 93. Today he was sitting at 89 all game long. u can miss ur spots when ur throwing 93 or 94, not at his current velocity. and he has an above average curveball. He will do better next time he is up

07/25/2010 8:51pm

jpaha

u have to admit Donnelly sucked though. i never liked the signing one bit during the offseason, then when he started throwing belt high fastballs under 90mph it made it even worse

07/25/2010 8:55pm

j_s15226

Exactly jpaha...but everyone will point to it being a salary dump....even though they still pay him in AAA if he has an MLB contract

07/25/2010 10:07pm

jpaha

i'm not even talking about the money part of it, although he was due for some performance bonuses. If that was any young guy that we brought up, he would have been sent down to the minors a long time ago. They gave him a lot longer than they should have because he is a vet and has experience. It got to the point that i would have rather had them throw anybody but Gallagher instead of him

07/25/2010 10:16pm