Roansy Contreras - Relief role likely Contreras is expected to pitch out of the bullpen after being recalled by the Pirates on Friday, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Impact Contreras was recalled after Duane Underwood (hamstring) was forced to the injured list. He's served exclusively as a starter throughout his minor-league career and projects to remain in that role in the long term. However, the team will stick with JT Brubaker, Mitch Keller, Jose Quintana, Zach Thompson and Bryse Wilson as the current starting rotation to open the 2022 campaign. Even so, with the exception of Keller and Brubaker, there's likely to be plenty of variability to the starting five throughout the campaign in Pittsburgh, so odds are Contreras will get his chance as a starter at some point.
APRIL 9, 2022 • ROTOWIRE