Horwitz update

[Ecbucs]

from ML Trade Rumors: Infielder Spencer Horwitz was one of the key offseason pickups of the Pirates but they haven’t gotten anything out of him yet. He underwent wrist surgery in February, a procedure which came with a return timeline of six to eight weeks.

Tomorrow, it will be nine weeks since that timeline was provided and Horwitz is still on the injured list. He also hasn’t started a rehab assignment. There is at least some positive momentum, however, as Horwitz took batting practice at PNC Park today with his teammates. Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review relayed some video of Horwitz taking his hacks.

That’s somewhat encouraging but Horwitz is probably still not close to joining the big league club. He missed all of spring training and will surely need a few weeks of game action once he does start a rehab assignment. He has a .264/.355/.428 career batting line, which would be a tremendous boost to the Pittsburgh lineup. The team is hitting .184/.273/.290 as a whole so far this year, leading to a league-worst 61 wRC+.

[3pirates3]

Horwitz took batting practice at PNC Park today with his teammates. Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review relayed some video of Horwitz taking his hacks.

... He has a .264/.355/.428 career batting line, which would be a tremendous boost to the Pittsburgh lineup. The team is hitting .184/.273/.290 as a whole so far this year, leading to a league-worst 61 wRC+.

Wow, batting practice. Give the man a cookie.

Sad that a sub-.800 OPS at 1B counts as a "tremendous boost" to a major league lineup. Winning in the margins.

[JollyRoger8]

I realize that players represent a big investment and the doctors and teams want to be conservative on their recovery but I feel the players are babied in today’s game. You didn’t have these durations on the IL 30, 40, 50 years ago.
I suppose Endy will miss 2 weeks with a boo boo on his index finger

[fjk090852-7]

Horwitz has been with the Curve about a week, and is not lighting it up at the plate. He is currently hitting.133. He is near what some of the Pirate hitters are doing.